CVE-2023-48161 (GCVE-0-2023-48161)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 21:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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
Severity
7.1 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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