CVE-2015-7555
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.1.2-0.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.1.2-0.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.1.2-0.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.1.2-0.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.1.2-0.1 |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| giflib_project | giflib | {"endIncluding":"5.1.1"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7555.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7555
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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