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CVE-2019-15133 json

In GIFLIB before 2019-02-16, a malformed GIF file triggers a divide-by-zero exception in the decoder function DGifSlurp in dgif_lib.c if th…

published 7y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2019-6201 , JLSEC-2026-814

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In GIFLIB before 2019-02-16, a malformed GIF file triggers a divide-by-zero exception in the decoder function DGifSlurp in dgif_lib.c if the height field of the ImageSize data structure is equal to zero.

Patch / fix

  • julia Giflib_jll 5.2.1+0
  • giflib_project giflib 5.1.7
  • giflib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.1.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15133

  • giflib Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1
  • giflib Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15133

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • giflib SLE Real Time 15 SP2, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +8 more 5.2.1-150000.4.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:1970-2SUSE-SU-2022:1565-1

  • giflib openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13723-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-15133 updated cvss 5.0

giflib: divide-by-zero exception in the decoder function DGifSlurp in dgif_lib.c

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 phantomjs Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 phantomjs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 giflib Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 giflib, giflib-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 giflib, giflib-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 giflib
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Storage 3 phantomjs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Giflib_jll
<5.2.1+0
5.2.1+0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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