gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem
Published Jan 14, 2011
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.44%
Description
A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 83.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 82.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00582) | 67.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00818) | 82.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01182) | 84.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01182) | 82.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45920 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4695 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64819 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4695
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4695
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-15.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45920 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4695 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64819 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4695 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4695 |
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