CVE-2007-5137

Description

Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.05% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34297 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540 vdb entry signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539
http://secunia.com/advisories/26942 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27086 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27295 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/27229 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27182 third party advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27207 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5137?
CVE-2007-5137 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5137?
To fix CVE-2007-5137, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5137 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5137 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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