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CVE-2022-28506

Published: 25 April 2022

There is a heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB 5.2.1 function DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
invalid read of size 1, denial of service only

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
giflib
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal Needed

impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needed

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2024-02-02])
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2024-02-02])
mantic Needed

upstream Needed

xenial Needed

Patches:
upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/368f28c0034ecfb6dd4b3412af4cc589a56e0611/

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N