CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-45972

The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. This allows an attacker to overwrite up to 250 bytes outside of the allocated buffer with arbitrary data.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/ Broken Link
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/giftrans/index.hti Broken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002739 Exploit Mailing List
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:giftrans_project:giftrans:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-01-01 09:15

Updated : 2022-01-10 09:31

NVD link : CVE-2021-45972

Mitre link : CVE-2021-45972

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787