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CVE-2018-11489

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11489 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the DGifDecompressLine function within GIFLIB (and its inclusion in sam2p 0.49.4). This vulnerability, rated 8.8 HIGH, allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, <= 3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:giflib_project:giflib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.49.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sam2p_project:sam2p:0.49.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11489Low

giflib: heap-based buffer overflow in DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c

May 23, 2018

References

github.com / pts/sam2p/issues/37
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/104341
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry