CVE-2007-5137

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    CVE-2007-5137

    Published: 28 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26942, http://secunia.com/advisories/27086, http://secunia.com/advisories/27182, http://secunia.com/advisories/27207, http://secunia.com/advisories/27229, http://secunia.com/advisories/27295, http://secunia.com/advisories/29069, http://secunia.com/advisories/34297, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1, http://secunia.com/advisories/26942, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539, http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High