CVE-2023-45666CWE-415

Possible double-free or memory leak in stbi__load_gif_main in stb_image

High · published October 20, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
64.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. It may look like `stbi__load_gif_main` doesn’t give guarantees about the content of output value `*delays` upon failure. Although it sets `*delays` to zero at the beginning, it doesn’t do it in case the image is not recognized as GIF and a call to `stbi__load_gif_main_outofmem` only frees possibly allocated memory in `*delays` without resetting it to zero. Thus it would be fair to say the caller of `stbi__load_gif_main` is responsible to free the allocated memory in `*delays` only if `stbi__load_gif_main` returns a non null value. However at the same time the function may return null value, but fail to free the memory in `*delays` if internally `stbi__convert_format` is called and fails. Thus the issue may lead to a memory leak if the caller chooses to free `delays` only when `stbi__load_gif_main` didn’t fail or to a double-free if the `delays` is always freed

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01071 · 64.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-415 · Double Free
Published
2023-10-20T23:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 OCT 23:26Z
    Possible double-free or memory leak in stbi__load_gif_main in stb_image
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