CVE-2007-5137 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2007-5137

Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2007-5137

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from tcl tk

View All →
CVE-2008-0553
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in...
Medium 6.8
CVE-2007-5378
Buffer overflow in the FileReadGIF function in tkImgGIF.c for Tk...
Medium 4.3
CVE-2007-2877
Buffer overflow in tcl/win/tclWinReg.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5a6 allows...
High 7.2

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tcl tk
Vulnerable Versions:
8.4.13, 8.4.14, 8.4.15

Timeline

Official Publish: September 28th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.