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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-3977: giflib security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-3977: giflib security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/21/2016
Created
11/20/2019
Added
11/19/2019
Modified
11/19/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-giflib

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