CVE-2015-7505

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the gif_next_LZW function in libnsgif.c in Libnsgif 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted LZW stream in a GIF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7505

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.2+dfsg-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.2+dfsg-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.2+dfsg-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.2+dfsg-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.2+dfsg-3`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7505

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.