CVE-2021-45972

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.24%
Third-Party Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002739 mailing list exploit third party advisory
http://web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/ broken link
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/giftrans/index.hti broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-45972?
CVE-2021-45972 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-45972?
To fix CVE-2021-45972, 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-2021-45972 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-45972 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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