CVE-2021-45909

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-45909
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-28 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-06 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the DecodeLZW function. It allows an attacker to write a large amount of arbitrary data outside the boundaries of a buffer.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gif2apng Project Gif2apng 1.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#1002668 - gif2apng: Heap based buffer overflow in the DecodeLZW function - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2937-1] gif2apng security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179105 Debian Security Update for gif2apng (DLA 2937-1)
  • 181016 Debian Security Update for gif2apng (CVE-2021-45909)
  • 199252 Ubuntu Security Notification for gif2apng Vulnerabilities (USN-5969-1)

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