FKIE_CVE-2026-26740
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-18 18:16 - Updated: 2026-07-15 02:19
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in giflib v.5.2.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the EGifGCBToExtension overwriting an existing Graphic Control Extension block without validating its allocated size.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| giflib_project | giflib | 5.2.2 |
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