DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45972

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45972

    Published: 1 Jan 2022Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-45972

    Summary:

    Details: The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. This allows an attacker to overwrite up to 250 bytes outside of the allocated buffer with arbitrary data.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45972

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: giftrans

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/giftrans?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.12.2-19
    1.12.2-20
    1.12.2-21
    1.12.2-22

    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
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