| Name | CVE-2018-11490 |
| Description | The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as later shipped in cgif.c in sam2p 0.49.4, has a heap-based buffer overflow because a certain "Private->RunningCode - 2" array index is not checked. This will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3223-1, ELA-751-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 904114 |
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 | 5.1.4-3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 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
https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/38
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/113/
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/08438a5098f3bb1de23a29334af55eba663f75bd/
Issue was reported against sam2p but issue is in dgif_lib.c from giflib.
[wheezy] - giflib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)