USN-4803-1

It was discovered that Gifsicle did not properly handle certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious GIF, an attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / gifsicle

Package

Name: gifsicle
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gifsicle@1.78-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.78-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.71-1

1.76-1

1.77-1

1.78-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.78-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "gifsicle"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-18120",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-1000421",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gifsicle