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    CVE-2011-2896

    The LZW decompressor in the LWZReadByte function in giftoppm.c in the David Koblas GIF decoder in PBMPLUS, as used in the gif_read_lzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS before 1.4.7, the LZWReadByte function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in GIMP 2.6.11 and earlier, the LZWReadByte function in img/gifread.c in XPCE in SWI-Prolog 5.10.4 and earlier, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2895.

    Published:Aug 10, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 19, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.05268
    CVSS Score:5.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Cups
    Vendor
    Gimp
    Product
    Gimp
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Swi-prolog
    Product
    Swi-prolog

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