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CVE-2021-45972

The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. This allows an attacker to overwrite up to 250 bytes outside of the allocated buffer with arbitrary data.

  • Published: Jan 1, 2022
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-45972
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
giftrans_project / giftrans 1.12.2 1.12.2.x
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x
debian / debian_linux 11.0 11.0.x