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ubuntu-cve-2016-3977

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-04-21 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3977	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4107-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3977	REPORT

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CVE-2016-3977 (GCVE-0-2016-3977)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-21 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

9 references

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https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Date Public

2016-04-02 00:00

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usn-4107-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2019-08-20 15:25

Modified

2026-04-22 07:36

Summary

giflib vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3977)

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-11490, CVE-2019-15133)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4107-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3977	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11490	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15133	REPORT

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2016-3977

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-3977 (GCVE-0-2016-3977)

usn-4107-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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