MGASA-2016-0020

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    MGASA-2016-0020

    Published: 15 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7555

    Summary: Updated giflib packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in giffix utility of giflib when processing records of the type 'IMAGE_DESC_RECORD_TYPE' due to the allocated size of 'LineBuffer' equaling the value of the logical screen width, 'GifFileIn->SWidth', while subsequently having 'GifFileIn->Image.Width' bytes of data written to it (CVE-2015-7555).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0020.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17376, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174870.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: giflib

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/giflib?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.3-4.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    High