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CVE-2007-5137
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.9%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (20)
- 34297 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9540 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26942 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:200 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1743 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-200710-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 27295 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27229 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-529-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 27182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20071012 clarification on multiple Tk overflow issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- 29069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27207 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 25826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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