CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-3177

Double Free

Published: Jan 23, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.3 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GiflibGiflib_project5.1.2 (including)5.1.2 (including)
GiflibUbuntuprecise*
GiflibUbuntutrusty*
GiflibUbuntuupstream*
GiflibUbuntuwily*

Potential Mitigations

References