MEDIUM
gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem
Published Jan 14, 2011
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.90%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.5.3
- 0.99
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
10.90% 0.10901
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10901
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 10.90% (0.10901) | 95.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.90% (0.10901) | 95.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 22.06% (0.22062) | 95.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.41% (0.23414) | 95.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 37.25% (0.37251) | 95.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 23.41% (0.23414) | 95.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.88% (0.01882) | 88.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.88% (0.01882) | 88.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.88% (0.01882) | 86.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 96.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 96.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 95.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346501 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-December/072009.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/21/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42796 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:009 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41801 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3036 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0023 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0107 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5018 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64820 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5018
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5018
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 14, 2011
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 22, 2010
Link CVE-2009-5018
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a