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CVE-2011-2896

The LZW decompressor in the LWZReadByte function in giftoppm.c in the David Koblas GIF decoder in PBMPLUS, as used in th

The LZW decompressor in the LWZReadByte function in giftoppm.c in the David Koblas GIF decoder in PBMPLUS, as used in the gif_read_lzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS before 1.4.7, the LZWReadByte function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in GIMP 2.6.11 and earlier, the LZWReadByte function in img/gifread.c in XPCE in SWI-Prolog 5.10.4 and earlier, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2895.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.07216
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Affected Products & Versions

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swi-prolog<= 5.10.4
apple cups<= 1.4.6
gimp<= 2.6.11

Scoring & Timeline

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD19 Aug 2011 · 05:55 PM

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10169-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10299-1
rhsaRHSA-2012:1181Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:1180Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://cups.org/str.php?L3867PatchThird Party Advisory
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