Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-4695
CVE-2010-4695
Description
A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patchnvdExploitPatch
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patchnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-15.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45920nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64819nvd
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