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CVE-2010-4694

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4694 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in gif2png versions 2.5.3 and earlier, specifically within the gif2png.c component. This flaw can be triggered by processing GIF files containing numerous images, leading to overly long extensions for PNG output files. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts via network-based attacks with medium complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (2)

fedorapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4694Low

gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem

Oct 14, 2009

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Patch
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
cvs.fedoraproject.org / viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch
Patch
cvs.fedoraproject.org / viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/21/1
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/1
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/3
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/42796
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201101-01.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201203-15.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/64754
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/45815
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3036
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0023
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0107