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CVE-2010-4695

Published: Jan 14, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 17.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

catb
oss-project
gif2png
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978
bugs.debian.org
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
cvs.fedoraproject.org
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log
cvs.fedoraproject.org
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