Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-3977: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
04/21/2016
07/25/2018
08/30/2017
10/01/2024
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)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-giflib
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