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CVE-2017-1000421

Date: January 2, 2018

Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4084

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-1000421

Url: https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/114

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000421

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00006.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000421

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-1000421

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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