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Unscored USN-4107-1 3 CVEs

giflib vulnerabilities

Published Aug 20, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3977)

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-11490, CVE-2019-15133)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS giflib 5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS giflib 5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3977
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11490
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15133