Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
Double-free in stbi__load_gif_main_outofmem in stb_image
CVE-2023-45664
Description
stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. A crafted image file can trigger stbi__load_gif_main_outofmem attempt to double-free the out variable. This happens in stbi__load_gif_main because when the layers * stride value is zero the behavior is implementation defined, but common that realloc frees the old memory and returns null pointer. Since it attempts to double-free the memory a few lines below the first “free”, the issue can be potentially exploited only in a multi-threaded environment. In the worst case this may lead to code execution.
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References
5- github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_image.hmitrex_refsource_MISC
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMXKOKPP4BKTNUTF5KSRDQAWOUILQZNO/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVABVF4GEM6BYD5L4L64RCRSXUHY6LGN/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVQ7ONFH5GWLMXYEAJG32A3EUKUCEVCR/mitre
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