FKIE_CVE-2007-5137

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-28 21:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:45
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26942Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27086
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27182
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27207
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27229
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27295
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29069
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34297
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26942Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27086
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27182
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27207
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27295
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29069
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34297
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tcl_tk tcl_tk 8.4.13
tcl_tk tcl_tk 8.4.14
tcl_tk tcl_tk 8.4.15
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