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CVE-2015-7555 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/13/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7555
NVD Published Date:
04/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2018