CVE-2016-3977 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771 https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/ https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5