CVE-2015-2785

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The GIF encoder in Byzanz allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Byzanz debug data recording (ByzanzRecording file) to the byzanz-playback command.

Affected products

GNOME Byzanz: all versions

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/11
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778261
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852481
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/11
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778261
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852481

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