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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-4695 · published 14 January 2011

CVE-2010-4695: Catb gif2png memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Catb · Gif2png

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% · top 16.3% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 ExploitPatch
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-15.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45920
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64819
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 ExploitPatch
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-15.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45920
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64819

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-4695), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.