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CVE-2016-3977 (GCVE-0-2016-3977)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-21 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-04-02 00:00
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