CVE-2007-5137

Tk GIF processing buffer overflow

Published Sep 28, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 4.9% KEV · Not listed
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1743-1 New libtk-img packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5118 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-529-1 Tk vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:24 PM
Reserved
Sep 28, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 28, 2007, 9:17 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:45 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 7, 2007, 12:00 AM