CVE-2023-44821Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Gifsicle

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 9

Description

Gifsicle through 1.94, if deployed in a way that allows untrusted input to affect Gif_Realloc calls, might allow a denial of service (memory consumption). NOTE: this has been disputed by multiple parties because the Gifsicle code is not commonly used for unattended operation in which new input arrives for a long-running process, does not ship with functionality to link it into another application as a library, and does not have realistic use cases in which an adversary controls the entire comman

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDlcdf/gifsicle1.94

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-vqf3-8wjf-vm68: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in gifsicle v2023-10-09
OSV
CVE-2023-44821: Gifsicle through 12023-10-09
OSV
CVE-2023-44821: ** DISPUTED ** Gifsicle through 12023-10-09

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2023-44821: gifsicle - Gifsicle through 1.94, if deployed in a way that allows untrusted input to affec...2023
CVE-2023-44821 — Lcdf Gifsicle vulnerability | cvebase