CVE-2018-11490
giflib - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
Description
The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as later shipped in cgif.c in sam2p 0.49.4, has a heap-based buffer overflow because a certain "Private->RunningCode - 2" array index is not checked. This will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
How to fix CVE-2018-11490
To remediate CVE-2018-11490, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.1.9-1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.1.4-3+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-11490 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.1.9-1
- from 0, < 5.1.4-3+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |