CVE-2018-11490 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the DGifDecompressLine function of GIFLIB (and subsequently sam2p 0.49.4) due to an unchecked array index. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with potential for denial of service or other unspecified impacts, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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