CVE-2007-5378

NameCVE-2007-5378
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the FileReadGIF function in tkImgGIF.c for Tk Toolkit 8.4.12 and earlier, and 8.3.5 and earlier, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an animated GIF in which the first subimage is smaller than a subsequent subimage, which triggers the overflow in the ReadImage function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5137.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1415-1, DSA-1416-1, DSA-1743-1
Debian Bugs446465

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libtk-img (PTS)buster1:1.4.8+dfsg-1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:1.4.13+dfsg-1fixed
bookworm1:1.4.14+dfsg-2fixed
sid, trixie1:1.4.16+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libtk-imgsourceetch1:1.3-15etch3DSA-1743-1
libtk-imgsourcelenny1:1.3-release-7+lenny1DSA-1743-1
libtk-imgsource(unstable)1.3-release-8medium
tk8.3sourceetch8.3.5-6etch1DSA-1416-1
tk8.3source(unstable)8.3.5-10medium446465
tk8.4sourcesarge8.4.9-1sarge1DSA-1415-1
tk8.4sourceetch8.4.12-1etch1DSA-1415-1
tk8.4source(unstable)8.4.16-1medium

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