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CVE-2023-48161: giflib 5.2.1; +1 more affected products

CVE-2023-48161. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.00425 (percentile 0.34805), scored 2026-10-08.

Affected technology

giflib · 5.2.1
giflib project

n/a · n/a
Vendor not specified by the source

Component: Not specified by the source
Function: in

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

A local attacker can obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as high; integrity impact as none.

Published 2026-10-09 03:15:30.058996+00:00

CWE: CWE-787
CCR priority: 28.5 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.00425 · percentile 0.34805 · 2026-10-08
KEV: no

Provenance

GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-09 03:17:07.463462+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-09 03:13:32.966430+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2023-48161.html