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tk: arbitrary code execution via malformed GIF

Package(s):tk CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4851
Created:October 8, 2007 Updated:October 10, 2007
Description: From the Gentoo advisory: Reinhard Max discovered a boundary error in Tk when processing an interlaced GIF with two frames where the second is smaller than the first one.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200710-07 2007-10-07
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tk: arbitrary code execution via malformed GIF

Posted Oct 13, 2007 17:42 UTC (Sat) by kreutzm (guest, #4700) [Link]

According to the CVE text linked, this is actually CVE-2007-5137.

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