Name | CVE-2015-2785 |
Description | The GIF encoder in Byzanz allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Byzanz debug data recording (ByzanzRecording file) to the byzanz-playback command. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 778261 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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byzanz (PTS) | bullseye | 0.3.0+git20160312-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, sid, trixie | 0.3.0+git20160312-5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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byzanz | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 778261 |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852481
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/11
Only applies to debug recordings, negligable security impact