Updated giflib packages fix security vulnerability

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in giffix utility of giflib when processing records of the type 'IMAGEDESCRECORDTYPE' due to the allocated size of 'LineBuffer' equaling the value of the logical screen width, 'GifFileIn-SWidth', while subsequently having 'GifFileIn-Image.Width...

giflib giffix heap buffer overflow vulnerability

giflib is a library and utility program for handling GIFs. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the giffix program when giflib processes records of type 'IMAGEDESCRECORDTYPE'. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the affected program segment to fail...