CVE-2016-3977

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-04-04
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1325771: CVE-2016-3977 giflib: heap buffer overflow in gif2rgb

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-3977 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 phantomjs Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 giflib Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 giflib Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 giflib Will not fix

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