ALPINE-CVE-2016-3977

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-3977
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-3977.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-3977
Upstream
Published
2016-04-21T14:59:02.250Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:08:53.947932Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.4 / giflib

Package

Name
giflib
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/giflib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.4-r0

Affected versions

4.*

4.1.6-r0
4.1.6-r1
4.1.6-r2
4.1.6-r3
4.1.6-r4
4.1.6-r5
4.1.6-r6
4.1.6-r7
4.2.1-r0

5.*

5.0.4-r0
5.0.5-r0
5.0.6-r0
5.1.0-r0
5.1.1-r0
5.1.2-r0

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-3977.json"