Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.
Published: 2009-03-02
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Opensuse Opensuse
Optipng Project Optipng
Suse Linux Enterprise
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:48:51.609Z

Reserved: 2009-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0749

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-03-02T20:30:00.217

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-0749

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