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1 vulnerability found for giflib by giflib

CVE-2026-23868 (GCVE-0-2026-23868)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-10 18:53
Modified
2026-03-11 15:44
Summary
Giflib contains a double-free vulnerability that is the result of a shallow copy in GifMakeSavedImage and incorrect error handling. The conditions needed to trigger this vulnerability are difficult but may be possible.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
giflib giflib Version: 5.0.0    6.1.1
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