PublicDateAtUSN: 2016-04-21
Candidate: CVE-2016-3977
PublicDate: 2016-04-21 14:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3977
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4107-1
Description:
 Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2
 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
 via the background color index in a GIF file.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 sbeattie> out of bounds read
 mdeslaur> looks like this was fixed in 5.1.4-0.3 but then the patch got
 mdeslaur> dropped again in 5.1.4-0.4 although it's still needed, contrary
 mdeslaur> to the note in the changelog
Bugs:
 https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [5.5 MEDIUM]

Patches_giflib:
 upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/
upstream_giflib: needs-triage
precise_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_giflib: DNE (precise was needs-triage)
trusty_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_giflib: DNE (trusty was needed)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_giflib: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_giflib: DNE
wily_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_giflib: not-affected (5.1.4-0.3)
esm-infra/xenial_giflib: not-affected (5.1.4-0.3)
yakkety_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_giflib: released (5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1)
cosmic_giflib: ignored (reached end-of-life)
disco_giflib: not-affected (5.1.4-3)
devel_giflib: not-affected (5.1.4-3)