CVE-2016-3177

Publication date 23 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
giflib 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

tyhicks

Flaw is in the gifcolor utility and not in the library

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
giflib

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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