CVE-2016-3177

Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/12	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/83/	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/12	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/83/	Issue Tracking Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:giflib_project:giflib:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-01-23 21:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2016-3177

Mitre link : CVE-2016-3177

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-3177

JSON object : View

Products Affected

giflib_project

giflib

CWE

CWE-415

Double Free

CWE-416

Use After Free

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