CVE-2009-5018
Stack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 10.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- gif2png 2.5.2 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34356dos, linuxpublished 12 Dec 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References18
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101122 Re: CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0023 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101121 Re: CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42796 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346501 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 41801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3036 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101121 CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-201101-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101121 Re: CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091213 [gif2png] long filename Buffer Overrun (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- gif2png-commandline-bo(64820) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-0358 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-4976 (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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