Fedora EPEL 6 update for gifsicle



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-1000421
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

gifsicle
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU37719

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000421

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 6.0

gifsicle: before 1.90-1.el6

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-37c8dbd6f1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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