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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-45911): gif2apng vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-45911): gif2apng vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/28/2021
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/10/2023
Modified
04/10/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the main function. It allows an attacker to write 2 bytes outside the boundaries of the buffer.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-gif2apng

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