CVE-2007-5378
Tk Toolkit GIF FileReadGIF Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Buffer 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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 12, 2007, 1:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27207 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27295 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27801 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27806 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30129 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34297 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1 Added Reference http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1415 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1416 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26056 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1 Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37189 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9480 Added Reference https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=1458234&group_id=12997 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9480 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9480 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/37189 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37189 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-5378 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-5378
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.47 }} -2.33%
score
0.79119
percentile