CVE-2017-18120

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread.c in gifsicle 1.90 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a maliciously crafted file, because last_name is mishandled, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000421.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-18120
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-02-02T09:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-02-14T18:21:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-415 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gifsicle_project:gifsicle:1.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/117 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/commit/118a46090c50829dc543179019e6140e1235f909 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881120 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878739 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18120
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18120
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:48:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:40:50 2018-02-02T09:29Z 2018-02-02T09:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:40:50 2018-02-14T18:21:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:40:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated