Buffer overflow in Catb Gif2png
CVE-2010-4695
A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Catb Gif2png — versions 2.5.1, 2.5.2
- Debian Linux
- Redhat Fedora — versions 12
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)