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
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Product
Action
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Apple
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Cups
Apple
Cups
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Gimp
Product
Gimp
Gimp
Gimp
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Redhat
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Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
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Swi-prolog
Product
Swi-prolog
Swi-prolog
Swi-prolog
Exploits
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