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TI-2023-24687 Aliases CVE-2023-46009GHSA-jv9p-xg7j-p65c

gifsicle-1.94 was found to have a floating point exception (FPE) vulnerability via resize_stream at src/xform.c.

Priority HIGH 69CWE-697Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

gifsicle-1.94 was found to have a floating point exception (FPE) vulnerability via resize_stream at src/xform.c.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00373 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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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:1.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.94VulnerableLcdf
  • cpe:2.3:a:lcdf:gifsicle:1.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 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-2023-46009
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jv9p-xg7j-p65c

References

  • 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
  • TI-2023-24009 Gifsicle through 1.94, if deployed in a way that allows untrusted input to affect… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources