CVE-2007-5378
tk8.3 - buffer overflow
EPSS 2.6%
Description
Buffer overflow in the FileReadGIF function in tkImgGIF.c for Tk Toolkit 8.4.12 and earlier, and 8.3.5 and earlier, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an animated GIF in which the first subimage is smaller than a subsequent subimage, which triggers the overflow in the ReadImage function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5137.
How to fix CVE-2007-5378
To remediate CVE-2007-5378, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libtk-img—upgrade to 1.3-release-8 or later
- Debian/tk8.3—upgrade to 8.3.5-6etch1 or later
- —upgrade to 8.4.12-1etch1 or later
Is CVE-2007-5378 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.3-release-8
- from 0, < 8.3.5-6etch1
- from 0, < 8.4.12-1etch1