CVE-2017-1000421 — Use After Free in Gifsicle

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-415 — Double Free13 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
NVD7.8
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Lcdf GifsicleDebian GifsicleDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 2
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/gifsicle< gifsicle 1.90-1 (bookworm)+1
▶Debianlcdf/gifsicle< 1.91-1+7
▶NVDlcdf/gifsicle1.89+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-vp7h-g9mh-c77g: Gifsicle gifview 1↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-6f9j-p2gf-3f72: A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-18120: A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread↗2018-02-02
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OSV
CVE-2017-1000421: Gifsicle gifview 1↗2018-01-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Gifsicle vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Debian
CVE-2017-1000421: gifsicle - Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gi...↗2017
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Debian
CVE-2017-18120: gifsicle - A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread.c in gifsicle 1.90 allows ...↗2017
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18120 gifsicle: Double-free in the read_gif function↗2018-02-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000421 gifsicle: use-after-free in the read_gif function [fedora-all]↗2018-01-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000421 gifsicle: use-after-free in the read_gif function [epel-all]↗2018-01-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000421 gifsicle: use-after-free in the read_gif function↗2018-01-03
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