UBUNTU-CVE-2011-3170

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2011-3170

    Published: 19 Aug 2011Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-3170
    Aliases:
    USN-1207-1

    Summary:

    Details: The gif_read_lzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS 1.4.8 and earlier does not properly handle the first code word in an LZW stream, which allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted stream, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2896.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3170, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1207-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3170

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: swi-prolog

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/swi-prolog?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.2.0-2
    7.2.0-3
    7.2.3-2

    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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