| Name | CVE-2020-23922 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in giflib through 5.1.4. DumpScreen2RGB in gif2rgb.c has a heap-based buffer over-read. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 988151 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| giflib (PTS) | buster | 5.1.4-3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 5.1.4-3+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.1.9-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.2.1-2.5 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 5.2.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| giflib | source | (unstable) | 5.2.2-1 | unimportant | | 988151 |
Notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/151/
Specific to gif2rgb. Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
Reproducer does not trigger using giflib 5.2.1-2.5 with asan or valgrind.