vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-48161: Medium priority package update for giflib

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 22, 2023
Added
Sep 30, 2025
Modified
Dec 4, 2025

Description

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
A security flaw related to buffer overflow has been identified in GifLib. This flaw allows a nearby attacker to access sensitive information through the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-giflibamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-giflib-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-giflib-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-giflib-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-giflib-utilsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-giflib-utils-debuginfo
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