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TI-2023-24009 Aliases CVE-2023-44821GHSA-vqf3-8wjf-vm68

Gifsicle through 1.94, if deployed in a way that allows untrusted input to affect…

Priority LOW 25CWE-401Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-401.

Summary

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 command line.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00329 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:lcdf:gifsicle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.94VulnerableLcdf
  • cpe:2.3:a:lcdf:gifsicle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.94 Vulnerable ·Lcdf

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-2023-44821
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqf3-8wjf-vm68

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2023-24687 gifsicle-1.94 was found to have a floating point exception (FPE) vulnerability via resize_stream at src/xform.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-18153 Gifsicle v1.9.3 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the ambiguity_error component at /src/clp.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2017-14640 Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-13321 A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread.c in gifsicle 1.90 allows a remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-13698 The find_color_or_error function in gifsicle 1.92 contains a NULL pointer dereference. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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