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CVE-2018-11490

The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as later shipped in cgif.c in sam2p 0.49.4, has a heap-based buffer overflow …

Impact

The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as later shipped in cgif.c in sam2p 0.49.4, has a heap-based buffer overflow because a certain "Private->RunningCode - 2" array index is not checked. This will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Giflib ProjectGiflib
from 3.0 through 3.1.1
Sam2p ProjectSam2p
Version 0.49.4
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

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