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TI-2009-00714 Aliases CVE-2009-0749GHSA-pmrr-7vvq-vpj6

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in…

Priority LOW 37CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01553 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.6.2VulnerableOptipng Project
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.3 – 11.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:9-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9-11VulnerableSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.6.2 Vulnerable ·Optipng Project
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.3 – 11.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:9-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9-11 Vulnerable ·SUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0749
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pmrr-7vvq-vpj6

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 4

Sources

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