
CVE catalog
CVE-2017-1000421
gifsicle: CVE-2017-1000421
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.69% · Oct 25, 2026
Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gifsicle | sid | 1.98-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gifsicle | forky | 1.98-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gifsicle | trixie | 1.96-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gifsicle | bookworm | 1.93-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gifsicle | pro | 1.88-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gifsicle | pro | 1.88-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gifsicle | pro | 1.88-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gifsicle | pro | 1.88-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gifsicle | source | sid | 1.90-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gifsicle | source | forky | 1.90-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gifsicle | source | trixie | 1.90-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gifsicle | source | bookworm | 1.90-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gifsicle | deb | pro | 1.88-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-4803-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gifsicle | deb | pro | 1.88-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000421 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gifsicle]Fixed
Details (2)
1.93-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.90-1dsa · gifsicle · debian · bookworm; dsa · gifsicle · debian · 12
1.93-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.90-1dsa · gifsicle · debian · bookworm; dsa · gifsicle · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gifsicle]Fixed
Details (2)
1.96-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.90-1dsa · gifsicle · debian · 13
1.96-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.90-1dsa · gifsicle · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000421]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1233-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4084-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000421]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4803-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000421]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]