Description
ScreenToGif is a screen recording tool. In versions from 2.42.1 and prior, ScreenToGif is vulnerable to DLL sideloading via version.dll . When the portable executable is run from a user-writable directory, it loads version.dll from the application directory instead of the Windows System32 directory, allowing arbitrary code execution in the user's context. This is especially impactful because ScreenToGif is primarily distributed as a portable application intended to be run from user-writable locations. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
4.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-426
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (2)
NickeManarin/ScreenToGif
<= 2.42.1
screentogif/screentogif
< 2.42.1
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 21, 2026