CVE-2007-6697
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 10.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.7% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6661)
- Published
- February 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6661 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sdl / sdl image
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207933
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120110205511630&w=2(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28640(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28837
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28850
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29542
- http://vexillium.org/?sec-sdlgif(Exploit)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-01.xml
- http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/CHANGES?revision=3462&view=markup(Patch)
- http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/IMG_gif.c?r1=2970&r2=3462(Exploit)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:040
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488079/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27417
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-595-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0266
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39865
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2206
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00008.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00039.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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