High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-45972
CVE-2021-45972
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.
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Affected products
2- giftrans/giftransdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/nvdBroken Link
- www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/giftrans/index.htinvdBroken Link
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