UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7555

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7555
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7555.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7555
Upstream
Published
2016-04-13T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:23.360128Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / giflib

Package

Name
giflib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/giflib@5.1.2-0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.2-0.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.1.6-11

5.*

5.1.1-0ubuntu1
5.1.1-0.1
5.1.1-0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "giflib-dbg",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "giflib-tools",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "giflib-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgif-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgif-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgif7",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgif7-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-0.1"
        }
    ]
}