Medium 5.5Published Aug 25, 2023

CVE-2023-39742giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

giflib_project giflib giflib_project:giflib	5.2.1	NVD

References

References

https://gist.github.com/huanglei3/ec9090096aa92445cf0a8baa8e929084	third-party-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4RLSFGPBPR3FMIUJCWPGVIYIU35YGQX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OPNBOB65TEA4ZEPLVENI26BY4LEX7TEF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T5WO6WL2TCGO6T4VKGACDIVSZI74WJAU/
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/166/	exploit, issue-tracking

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