Buffer Overflow Affecting giflib package, versions [,5.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-GIFLIB-10075929
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed25 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-39742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade giflib to version 5.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow due to a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1