Name | CVE-2015-7505 |
Description | Stack-based buffer overflow in the gif_next_LZW function in libnsgif.c in Libnsgif 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted LZW stream in a GIF file. |
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 | 810491 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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netsurf (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 3.10-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.11-2 | fixed |
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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libnsgif | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
netsurf | source | (unstable) | 3.2+dfsg-3 | | | 810491 |
Notes
[squeeze] - libnsgif <no-dsa> (Library not used anywhere in Debian)
http://source.netsurf-browser.org/libnsgif.git/commit/?id=a268d2c15252ac58c19f1b19771822c66bcf73b2
[jessie] - netsurf <no-dsa> (netsurf already relies only entirely unsupported mozjs)
[wheezy] - netsurf <no-dsa> (netsurf already relies only entirely unsupported mozjs)