Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 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.
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Affected products
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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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