CVE catalog
CVE-2023-48161
giflib: CVE-2023-48161
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.43% · Oct 25, 2026
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | giflib | sid | 6.1.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | giflib | forky | 6.1.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | giflib | trixie | 5.2.2-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | giflib | bookworm | 5.2.1-2.5+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | giflib | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.17 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.18 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.19 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.20 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.21 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.22 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.23 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | giflib | 3.24 | 5.2.2-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | giflib | source | sid | 5.2.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | giflib | source | forky | 5.2.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | giflib | source | trixie | 5.2.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | giflib | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.17 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.18 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.19 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.20 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.21 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.22 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.23 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
| Alpine | giflib | apk | 3.24 | 5.2.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2024_0786-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48161]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-48161]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-48161]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48161]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48161]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-48161.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/wid-sec-w-2025-0794.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]