CVE-2021-40633

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-40633
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-14 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-23 14:20:00 UTC
DescriptionA memory leak (out-of-memory) in gif2rgb in util/gif2rgb.c in giflib 5.1.4 allows remote attackers trigger an out of memory exception or denial of service via a gif format file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Giflib Project Giflib 5.1.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GIFLIB / Bugs / #157 An OutofMemory-Exception or Memory Leak in gif2rgb MISC sourceforge.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 510771 Alpine Linux Security Update for giflib
  • 674127 EulerOS Security Update for giflib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1506)
  • 674129 EulerOS Security Update for giflib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1485)
  • 755923 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for giflib (SUSE-SU-2024:0786-1)
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