LOW
giflib/libunfig: NULL pointer dereference crash
Published Nov 4, 2005
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.58%
Description
libungif library before 4.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted GIF file that triggers a null dereference.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
libungif-0:4.1.0-15.el3.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:828
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
libungif-0:4.1.3-1.el4.2
Fixed · RHSA-2005:828
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
giflib-0:4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0444
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libungif-0:4.1.0-15.el3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:828 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libungif-0:4.1.3-1.el4.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:828 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | giflib-0:4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0444 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.6 LOW NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.58% 0.02583
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02583
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 84.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 83.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.88% (0.04879) | 88.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06657) | 84.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.88% (0.04879) | 88.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.65% (0.02646) | 90.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 16, 2023 | 3.35% (0.03345) | 89.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.73% (0.02732) | 88.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (35)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109997 x_refsource_MISC
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-007.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17436 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17438 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17442 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17462 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17482 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17488 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17497 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17508 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17559 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34872 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35164 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015149 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=364493 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-890 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:207 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/20470 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-828.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0444.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9636 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9637 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428059/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428059/30/6300/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15304 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-214-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2295 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2974 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171413 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494826 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2974
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10994 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2974
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00771.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 4, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 19, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2974
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a