Description
Buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact via a GIF file that contains many images, leading to long extensions such as .p100 for PNG output files, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.
Published: 2011-01-14
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4659 Buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact via a GIF file that contains many images, leading to long extensions such as .p100 for PNG output files, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:55:34.472Z

Reserved: 2011-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4694

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-14T18:00:01.497

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4694

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-10-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4694 - Bugzilla

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