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CVE-2023-39742
giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.
Medium5.5Public exploitEPSS 0.35%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 72% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/166/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/huanglei3/ec9090096aa92445cf0a8baa8e929084 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-1b5f6f4eb2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-6ce92a5bdc (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-88f7d670fe (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-39742)Record last updated .