Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-46009
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the gifsicle package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
gifsicle-1.94 was found to have a floating point exception (FPE) vulnerability via resize_stream at src/xform.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gifsicle | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Debian:13 | gifsicle | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Debian:14 | gifsicle | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gifsicle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gifsicle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | gifsicle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | gifsicle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46009 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | gifsicle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46009 |