Vulnerability · Published Dec 28, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45911
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the main function. It allows an attacker to write 2 bytes outside the boundaries of the buffer.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002687 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220307 [SECURITY] [DLA 2937-1] gif2apng security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST