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CVE-2007-5378 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in the FileReadGIF function in tkImgGIF.c for Tk Toolkit 8.4.12 and earlier, and 8.3.5 and earlier, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an animated GIF in which the first subimage is smaller than a subsequent subimage, which triggers the overflow in the ReadImage function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5137.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27207	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27295	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27801	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27806	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30129	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34297	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37189	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9480	CVE
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=1458234&group_id=12997	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1	CVE
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1415	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1416	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26056	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1	CVE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27207	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27295	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27801	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27806	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30129	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34297	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37189	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9480	[email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=1458234&group_id=12997	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1	[email protected]
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1415	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1416	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26056	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1	[email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
tcl tk tk toolkit	<= 8.3.5 <= 8.4.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tk_toolkit:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]