CVE-2016-3994

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

8.2

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 4.2

Source: NVD

Description

The GIF loader in imlib2 before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected (3)

Products: Debian: Debian Linux · Enlightenment: Imlib2

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Enlightenment Imlib2	Up to 1.4.8

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 (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3555

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785369

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=37a96801663b7b4cd3fbe56cc0eb8b6a17e766a8

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html