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.
Published: 2016-04-13
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-389-1 giflib security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7469 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00216}

epss

{'score': 0.00466}


Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora
Giflib Project Giflib
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:51:28.586Z

Reserved: 2015-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-7555

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-13T15:59:03.103

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-7555

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-7555 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses