CVE-2007-5137

N/A Unknown
Published: September 28, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26942
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27086
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27182
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27207
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27295
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/34297
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26942
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27182
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27207
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27295
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/34297
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

40 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.9%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

tcl_tk

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