Bug 2235821 (CVE-2023-39742) - CVE-2023-39742 giflib: segfault via getarg.c
Summary: CVE-2023-39742 giflib: segfault via getarg.c
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-39742
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2238790
Blocks: 2235823
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Reported: 2023-08-29 20:07 UTC by Anten Skrabec
Modified: 2024-08-01 08:28 UTC (History)
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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]
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