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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NMXKOKPP4BKTNUTF5KSRDQAWOUILQZNO/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QVABVF4GEM6BYD5L4L64RCRSXUHY6LGN/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVQ7ONFH5GWLMXYEAJG32A3EUKUCEVCR/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_image.h#L6993-L6995
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Products (1)
nothings/stb_image.h
2.28
Published
Oct 21, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026