CVE-2015-7555

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7555
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-13 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:58:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Giflib Project Giflib All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mingw-giflib-5.0.5-4.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory
Android Security Bulletin—May 2017  |  Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
IBM Flex System Manager Buffer Overflow in Processing GIF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
giflib 5.1.1 Heap Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in giflib affects IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2015-7555) CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com
Full Disclosure: giflib: heap overflow in giffix (CVE-2015-7555) FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit
giflib 'util/giffix.c' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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