The giflib open-source component has a buffer overflow vulnerability
Priority HIGH 65CWE-122Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00265 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
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
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31344
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4764-r75x-h867
References
More openEuler vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16407 Remote command execution in A-Tune-Collector CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2021-13009 Pull malicious images may cause process to be hijacked CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13014 Use after free in openEuler 22.03 LTS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-16404 Command injection in ioprobe of gala-gopher CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-16409 Command injection in aops-zeus CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-16406 Unauthorized RCE in migration-tools CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-31344 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-31344 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4764-r75x-h867 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-31344 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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