DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-20286
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286
Upstream
Published
2026-10-14T15:16:59Z
Modified
2026-10-18T14:00:04Z
Severity
  • 8.5 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

DevIL through 1.8.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in iGetPalette() in il_gif.cpp that allows attackers to write beyond a 768-byte palette buffer when loading GIF images. Attackers can supply a crafted two-frame GIF whose second frame uses disposal method 1 with a local colour table, writing up to 384 controlled bytes past the heap allocation and possibly executing code.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / devil

Package

Name
devil
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devil?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.8-10
1.7.8-11
1.7.8-12
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-2
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp2
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3.1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-4
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286.json"

Debian:13 / devil

Package

Name
devil
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devil?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.8-12
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-2
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp2
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3.1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-4
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286.json"

Debian:14 / devil

Package

Name
devil
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devil?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.8-12
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-2
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp2
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3.1
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-4
1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286.json"