HIGH
SDL_image: GIF handling buffer overflow
Published Feb 1, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.73%
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.
Affected products
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.73% 0.10731
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10731
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 | 10.73% (0.10731) | 95.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.73% (0.10731) | 95.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.84% (0.23835) | 95.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.56% (0.21559) | 93.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 23.84% (0.23835) | 95.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 26.88% (0.26876) | 95.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.67% (0.12674) | 95.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 13.76% (0.13762) | 95.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 16.50% (0.16499) | 95.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 45.91% (0.45907) | 98.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 45.91% (0.45907) | 97.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (28)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207933 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120110205511630&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28640 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28752 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28830 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28837 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28850 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28869 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29542 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://vexillium.org/?sec-sdlgif x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/CHANGES?revision=3462&view=markup x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/IMG_gif.c?r1=2970&r2=3462 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:040 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488079/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27417 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-595-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0266 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6697 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430100 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39865 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2206 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6697
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6697
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00039.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 1, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 1, 2008
Link CVE-2007-6697
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a