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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45666

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Oct 21, 2023·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. It may look like stbi__load_gif_main doesn’t give guarantees about the content of output value *delays upon failure. Although it sets *delays to zero at the beginning, it doesn’t do it in case the image is not recognized as GIF and a call to stbi__load_gif_main_outofmem only frees possibly allocated memory in *delays without resetting it to zero. Thus it would be fair to say the caller of stbi__load_gif_main is responsible to free the allocated memory in *delays only if stbi__load_gif_main returns a non null value. However at the same time the function may return null value, but fail to free the memory in *delays if internally stbi__convert_format is called and fails. Thus the issue may lead to a memory leak if the caller chooses to free delays only when stbi__load_gif_main didn’t fail or to a double-free if the delays is always freed

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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  • CVE-2023-45666
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