giflib: Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix utility
Published Apr 13, 2016
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.48%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 5.1.1
Configuration 2
- 22
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
giflib
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
giflib
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
giflib
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
phantomjs
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | giflib | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | giflib | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | giflib | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools | phantomjs | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of giflib as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 1, 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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 73.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 72.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02676) | 85.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 72.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02676) | 84.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 72.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02676) | 84.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 71.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02676) | 84.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 70.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 51.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 61.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00193) | 55.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7555 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290785 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7555
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7555
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAVendor Advisory | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7555 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290785 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7555 | ||
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7555 |
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