Ngiflib
CVE-2019-19011
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in GifIndexToTrueColor in ngiflib.c via a file that lacks a palette. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in GifIndexToTrueColor in ngiflib.c via a file that lacks a palette. Affected products include: Miniupnp Project Ngiflib.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in GifIndexToTrueColor in ngiflib.c via a file that lacks a palette.
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a heap-based buffer over-read in GifIndexToTrueColor. Rated critical severity (CVS
ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a stack-based buffer overflow in DecodeGifImg. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8),
ngiflib 0.4 has a heap overflow in GetByte() at ngiflib.c:70 in NGIFLIB_NO_FILE mode, GetByte() reads memory buffer with
ngiflib 0.4 has a heap overflow in GetByteStr() at ngiflib.c:108 in NGIFLIB_NO_FILE mode, GetByteStr() copy memory buffe
ngiflib 0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in WritePixel() in ngiflib.c when called from DecodeGifImg, because deinter
The DecodeGifImg function in ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 does not consider the bounds of the pixels data structure
The DecodeGifImg function in ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 lacks certain checks against width and height, which allo
GifIndexToTrueColor in ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a Segmentation fault. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), thi
ngiflib commit 84a75 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function SDL_LoadAnimatedGif at ngiflibS
ngiflib commit fb271 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function "main" at gif2tag.c. Rated medi
ngiflib commit 5e7292 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the function DecodeGifImg at ngiflib.c. Rated mediu
ngiflib 0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in WritePixels() in ngiflib.c when called from DecodeGifImg, because deinte
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