Double Free Vulnerability in Nothing's Stb Image Library
CVE-2023-43281

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Nothings

Status
Stb Image.h
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-43281?

A remote attacker can exploit a double free vulnerability in the Nothing's Stb Image.h library, specifically version 2.28, to craft a malicious file. When processed by the stbi_load_gif_main function, this can lead to a denial of service condition, potentially disrupting software operations that rely on this library.

References

https://gist.github.com/peccc/d8761f6ac45ad55cbd194dd7e6f...
https://github.com/peccc/double-stb
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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