UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17534

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17534
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17534.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17534
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:45:23Z
Published
2019-10-13T02:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:39:47Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

vips_foreign_load_gif_scan_image in foreign/gifload.c in libvips before 8.8.2 tries to access a color map before a DGifGetImageDesc call, leading to a use-after-free.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / vips

Package

Name
vips
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.8.3-3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.8.3-3

Affected versions

8.*
8.7.4-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvips-doc",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvips42",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvips42-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.8.3-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17534.json"