CVE-2023-48161
Published: 22 November 2023
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c
Notes
| Author | Note |
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Priority reason: Is only a crash in a CLI tool |
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| mdeslaur | one of the commits listes below likely fixes this issue. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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giflib Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needed
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| focal |
Needed
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| jammy |
Needed
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| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2024-02-02])
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| mantic |
Needed
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| noble |
Needed
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| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Needed
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Patches: upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/fd0f408bd6dbc6ca33f0593d17164f9cb113a8ce/ upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ccbc956432650734c91acb3fc88837f7b81267ff/ |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.1 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |