CVE-2017-1000421

moderate-risk
Published 2018-01-02

Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution

Do I need to act?

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0.50% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Gifsicle

Affected Vendors

Debian Lcdf

References (6)

Issue Tracking https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/114
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4084
Issue Tracking https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/114
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4084
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low