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CVE-2019-17371

Published: 9 October 2019

gif2png 2.5.13 has a memory leak in the writefile function.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
bug is in gif2png, not libpng
sbeattie
vulnerability is in a non-setuid cli tool, negligible
security impact.

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gif2png
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

libpng
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Ignored

upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored

libpng1.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
disco Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
eoan Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
focal Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
groovy Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
impish Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
jammy Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
lunar Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
mantic Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(gif2png issue)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H