Bug 2235821 (CVE-2023-39742)

Summary:	CVE-2023-39742 giflib: segfault via getarg.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Anten Skrabec <askrabec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Bug Depends On:	2238790
Bug Blocks:	2235823

Description Anten Skrabec 2023-08-29 20:07:36 UTC

giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.

https://gist.github.com/huanglei3/ec9090096aa92445cf0a8baa8e929084
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/166/

Comment 1 Zack Miele 2023-08-30 21:15:20 UTC

Looks like this only affects the command line utilities and not the library itself.

Comment 2 Zack Miele 2023-09-13 16:05:32 UTC

Created giflib tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2238790]