| Name | CVE-2016-3977 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | ELA-751-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 820526 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| giflib (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.6-11+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.1.4-0.4+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.1.4-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.1.9-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.2.1-2.5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.2.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - giflib <no-dsa> (minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/
The issue was originally fixed in 5.1.4-0.3 but then the NMU upload
5.1.4-0.4 just dropped the patch claiming the patch was already present
which is untrue and reopening the issue.