CVE-2017-18120
N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 09:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGifsicle
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread.c in gifsicle 1.90 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a maliciously crafted file, because last_name is mishandled, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000421.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878739x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881120x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/commit/118a46090c50829dc543179019e6140e1235f909x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/117Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415
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