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CVE-2018-11490 (GCVE-0-2018-11490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-26 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:10
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Summary
The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as later shipped in cgif.c in sam2p 0.49.4, has a heap-based buffer overflow because a certain "Private->RunningCode - 2" array index is not checked. This will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-05-26 00:00
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