Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte function in IMG_gif.c in SDL_image before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6697 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.73%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31054 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-01-23 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 23.39% | 10.73% | -12.66% |
| 2 | 2026-02-05 | 23.84% | 23.39% | -0.45% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 23.84% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2007-6697 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sdl-image1.2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6697 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2007-6697: 1 GLSA(s) (200802-01), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/sdl-image); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6697 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6697 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-6697 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (sdl-image1.2, swi-prolog), 44 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 21, ignored 15, released 7, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6697 |