CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-45910

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow within the main function. It allows an attacker to write data outside of the allocated buffer. The attacker has control over a part of the address that data is written to, control over the written data, and (to some extent) control over the amount of data that is written.

How to fix

Remediation Available
gif2apngDebian
Fixed in:1.9+srconly-3+deb11u1CVE-2021-45910
gif2apngUbuntu
Fixed in:1.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5969-1
Fixed in:1.9+srconly-2ubuntu0.1USN-5969-1
Fixed in:1.9+srconly-3ubuntu0.1USN-5969-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days
54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.