CVE-2009-0749

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…

published March 2, 2009

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
74.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01553 · 74.9th percentile
Published
2009-03-02T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAR 20:00Z
    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…
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