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TI-2024-30864 Aliases CVE-2024-45993GHSA-pp67-vh85-488h

Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb.

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00438 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

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:giflib_project:giflib:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.2VulnerableGiflib Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:giflib_project:giflib:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.2 Vulnerable ·Giflib Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 8 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 1.8
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 21

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45993
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pp67-vh85-488h

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-21378 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in giflib v.5.2.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2023-20770 giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2016-02665 Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-08211 The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-08210 The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-17617 A memory leak (out-of-memory) in gif2rgb in util/gif2rgb.c in giflib 5.1.4 allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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