CVE-2009-0749

High

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductOptipng
PublishedMar 2, 2009
First seenMar 2, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
optipng_project optipngv ≤ 0.6.2—
opensuse opensuse10.3 ≤ v ≤ 11.1—
suse linux_enterprise9-11—

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