| Name | CVE-2021-45972 |
| Description | The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. This allows an attacker to overwrite up to 250 bytes outside of the allocated buffer with arbitrary data. |
| 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 | 1002739 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| giftrans (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 1.12.2-19 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 1.12.2-20 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| giftrans | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | 1002739 |
Negligible security impact; crash in CLI tool