CVE-2015-7555

Published: Apr 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Giflib Project: Giflib · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Giflib Project Giflib	Up to 5.1.1

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 22

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (16)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html