UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45909

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45909
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45909.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45909
Related
Published
2021-12-28T01:15:00Z
Modified
2025-05-26T16:35:45Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the DecodeLZW function. It allows an attacker to write a large amount of arbitrary data outside the boundaries of a buffer.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gif2apng

Package

Name
gif2apng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gif2apng@1.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gif2apng",
            "binary_version": "1.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gif2apng-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / gif2apng

Package

Name
gif2apng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gif2apng@1.9+srconly-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9+srconly-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9+srconly-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gif2apng",
            "binary_version": "1.9+srconly-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gif2apng-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9+srconly-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / gif2apng

Package

Name
gif2apng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gif2apng@1.9+srconly-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9+srconly-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9+srconly-3
1.9+srconly-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gif2apng",
            "binary_version": "1.9+srconly-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gif2apng-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9+srconly-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}