A memory leak (out-of-memory) in gif2rgb in util/gif2rgb.c in giflib 5.1.4 allows remote attackers trigger an out of memory exception or denial of service via a gif format file.
History

Thu, 29 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title gif2rgb: gif2rgb memory leak
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-06-14T10:22:11

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:44:10.819Z

Reserved: 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-40633

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-14T11:15:10.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:28.670

Link: CVE-2021-40633

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-40633 - Bugzilla