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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade optipng | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 2, 2009 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-gfx/optipng. | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 2, 2009 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade optipng | Feb 17, 2015 | Mar 2, 2009 |
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