Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-6697
CVE-2007-6697
Description
Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte function in IMG_gif.c in SDL_image before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
24- www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/CHANGESnvdPatch
- marc.infonvdExploit
- vexillium.orgnvdExploit
- www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/IMG_gif.cnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/28640nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28752nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28830nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28837nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28850nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28869nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29542nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-01.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488079/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27417nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-595-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0266nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39865nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2206nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00008.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00039.htmlnvd
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