CVE-2016-3177 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2017-01-23

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:giflib_project:giflib:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4218	Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00459.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/12
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3177
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/83/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3177

History

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Subscriptions

Giflib Project Giflib

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:58.387Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3177

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:01.267

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-3177

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3177 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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