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CVE-2005-2974

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2974 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libungif library, specifically versions prior to 4.1.0, where a specially crafted GIF file can trigger a null dereference. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a partial availability impact with high attack complexity, and requires network access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, with its EPSS score suggesting a low likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libungif:libungif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libungif:libungif:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libungif-0:4.1.0-15.el3.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libungif-0:4.1.3-1.el4.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: giflib-0:4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2974Low

giflib/libunfig: NULL pointer dereference crash

Nov 3, 2005

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2005-007.txt
secunia.com / advisories/17436
secunia.com / advisories/17438
secunia.com / advisories/17442
secunia.com / advisories/17462
secunia.com / advisories/17482
secunia.com / advisories/17488
secunia.com / advisories/17497
secunia.com / advisories/17508
secunia.com / advisories/17559
secunia.com / advisories/34872
secunia.com / advisories/35164
securitytracker.com / id
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10994
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00771.html
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-890
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-03.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 20470
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-828.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0444.html
securityfocus.com / advisories/9636
securityfocus.com / advisories/9637
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428059/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428059/30/6300/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15304
ubuntulinux.org / usn/usn-214-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2295