CVE-2017-1000421
gifsicle - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution
How to fix CVE-2017-1000421
To remediate CVE-2017-1000421, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gifsicle—upgrade to 1.90-1 or later
- Debian/gifsicle—upgrade to 1.67-1.1~deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.86-1+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000421 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.90-1
- from 0, < 1.67-1.1~deb7u1
- from 0, < 1.86-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |