CVE-2007-6697 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.7% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte function in IMG_gif.c in SDL_image before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.73% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-02-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sdl | sdl image |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SDL_image 1.2.6 - Invalid '.GIF' File LWZ Minimum Code Size Remote Buffer Overflow | 2008-01-23 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207933
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120110205511630&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28640
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28837
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28850
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29542
- http://vexillium.org/?sec-sdlgif
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-01.xml
- http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/CHANGES?revision=3462&view=markup
- http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/IMG_gif.c?r1=2970&r2=3462
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:040
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488079/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27417
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-595-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0266
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