| Name | CVE-2023-39742 |
| Description | giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| giflib (PTS) | bullseye | 5.1.9-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.2.1-2.5 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 5.2.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| giflib | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/166/
Crash in CLI, negligible security impact