CVE-2015-2785

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2785
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-29 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2015-03-30 19:17:00 UTC
DescriptionThe GIF encoder in Byzanz allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Byzanz debug data recording (ByzanzRecording file) to the byzanz-playback command.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Byzanz All All All All
Application Gnome Byzanz All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 852481 – CVE-2015-2785 byzanz: Out-of heap-based buffer write in GIF encoder CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
#778261 - byzanz: CVE-2015-2785: Buffer overflow in GIF encoder - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
oss-security - byzanz: Out-of heap-based buffer write in GIF encoder MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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