CVE-2016-3977
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.73%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.
How to fix CVE-2016-3977
To remediate CVE-2016-3977, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/giflib—upgrade to 5.1.4-r0 or later
- Debian/giflib—upgrade to 5.1.4-3 or later
Is CVE-2016-3977 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.1.4-r0
- from 0, < 5.1.4-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |