Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-39742
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the giflib package (Alpine). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | giflib | 5.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | giflib | 5.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | giflib | 5.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | giflib | 5.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | giflib | 5.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Debian:12 | giflib | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Debian:13 | giflib | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Debian:14 | giflib | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39742 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | giflib | 5.1.9-2ubuntu0.1 | USN-6824-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/166/
- https://gist.github.com/huanglei3/ec9090096aa92445cf0a8baa8e929084
- FEDORA-2023-1b5f6f4eb2 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-6ce92a5bdc vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-88f7d670fe vendor-advisory