UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7555

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7555

    Published: 13 Apr 2016Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7555

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7555, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7555

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: giflib

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.2-0.1

    Affected versions

    4.1.6-11

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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