CVE-2009-0749

NameCVE-2009-0749
DescriptionUse-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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
optipng (PTS)buster, bullseye0.7.7-1fixed
bookworm0.7.7-2fixed
sid, trixie0.7.8+ds-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
optipngsourceetch0.5.5-2
optipngsourcelenny0.6.1.1-2
optipngsource(unstable)0.6.2.1-1low

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