CVE-2007-5137

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2007-09-07
Bugzilla:
290991: CVE-2007-5137 Tk GIF processing buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.

Find out more about CVE-2007-5137 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5137

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (tk) RHSA-2008:0136 2008-02-21

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