{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2010-4695","details":"A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:10:27.102882Z","published":"2011-01-14T18:00:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:40Z","upstream":["CVE-2010-4695"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4695"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4695"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gif2png","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gif2png@2.5.8-1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.8-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.5.8-1","binary_name":"gif2png"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2010/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-4695.json"}},{"package":{"name":"gif2png","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gif2png@2.5.8-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.8-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gif2png","binary_version":"2.5.8-1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2010/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-4695.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}