usn-6824-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-06-10 14:27
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
giflib vulnerabilities
Details
It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742)\n",
"id": "USN-6824-1",
"modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:23Z",
"published": "2024-06-10T14:27:14Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6824-1"
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28506"
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"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "giflib vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
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]
}
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