The giflib open-source component has a buffer overflow vulnerability

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

Weakness

• CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-122 and its CVEs

Affected products

• openEuler · giflib

  • affected ≤ 5.2.2

References (10)

• https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1292 (opens in a new tab)
• https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/giflib/pulls/54 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/3 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/4 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/5 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/6 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/08/1 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/09/5 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/09/7 (opens in a new tab)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/10/1 (opens in a new tab)

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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Record last updated 14 Apr 2025, 13:39 UTC.