CVE-2016-3977
Moderate
CVE-2016-3977
Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.
Exploit probability
2.1%
Published
April 21, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-3977
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Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/