CVE-2007-6697

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    CVE-2007-6697

    Published: 1 Feb 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte function in IMG_gif.c in SDL_image before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28640, http://secunia.com/advisories/28752, http://secunia.com/advisories/28830, http://secunia.com/advisories/28837, http://secunia.com/advisories/28850, http://secunia.com/advisories/28869, http://secunia.com/advisories/29542, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:040, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-595-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0266, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120110205511630&w=2, http://vexillium.org/?sec-sdlgif, http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/IMG_gif.c?r1=2970&r2=3462, http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/CHANGES?revision=3462&view=markup, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207933, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-01.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488079/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27417, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39865, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2206, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00008.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00039.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