CVE-2016-3977

Published: Apr 21, 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 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.

Affected (2)

Products: Opensuse: Opensuse · Giflib Project: Giflib

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Giflib Project Giflib	Up to 5.1.2

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 (18)

http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html