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devil — security advisory
DevIL through 1.8.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in iGetPalette() in il_gif.cpp that allows attackers to write beyond a 768-byte palette buffer when loading GIF images. Attackers can supply a crafted two-frame GIF whose second frame uses disposal method 1 with a local colour table, writing up to 384 controlled bytes past the heap allocation and possibly executing code.
- Products
- devil
- Affected versions
- 1.7.8-10, 1.7.8-11, 1.7.8-12, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-1, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-2, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3.1, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp1, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-3~exp2, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-4, 1.8.0.40.g6f3d5e9b+dfsg-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-20286
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
DevIL through 1.8.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in iGetPalette() in il_gif.cpp that allows attackers to write beyond a 768-byte palette buffer when loading GIF images. Attackers can supply a crafted two-frame GIF whose second frame uses disposal method 1 with a local colour table, writing up to 384 controlled bytes past the heap allocation and possibly executing code.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20286
devil
Fixed versions: Not specified
devil
Fixed versions: Not specified
devil
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-21T10:47:38.077161097Z",
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