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byzanz — security advisory
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.
- Products
- byzanz
- Affected versions
- 0.3.0+git20150701-1, 0.3.0+git20151213-1, 0.3.0+git20160107-1, 0.3.0+git20160312-1, 0.3.0+git20160312-2, 0.3.0+git20160312-3, 0.3.0+git20160312-4, 0.3.0+git20160312-5, 0.3.0+git20160312-5build1, 0.3.0+git20160312-5build2, 0.3.0+git20160312-6
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2015-2785
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2785
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Complete source record
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