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A vulnerability was found in giflib 5.1.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file giffix.c of the component giffix. The manipulation as part of a GIF File leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Heap-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.
The weakness was published 04/13/2016 by Hans Jerry Illikainen (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7555 since 09/29/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87957 (Debian DLA-389-1 : giflib security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87957).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 87957
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-389-1 : giflib security update
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OpenVAS ID: 850584
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for giflib openSUSE-SU-2016:0207-1 (giflib)
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Timeline
09/29/2015 🔍12/20/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: 135034⛔Researcher: Hans Jerry Illikainen
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-7555 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035331
SecurityFocus: 81697 - giflib 'util/giffix.c' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 04/14/2016 09:56Updated: 07/24/2022 09:33
Changes: 04/14/2016 09:56 (46), 10/05/2018 07:52 (29), 07/24/2022 09:29 (4), 07/24/2022 09:33 (1)
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