FKIE_CVE-2015-2785

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-29 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:24
Severity
Summary
The GIF encoder in Byzanz allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Byzanz debug data recording (ByzanzRecording file) to the byzanz-playback command.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/11
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778261
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852481
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852481
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome byzanz *
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