MediumFix available
giflib — security advisory
There is a heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB 5.2.1 function DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45.
- Products
- giflib
- Affected versions
- 5.2.1-2.5, 5.2.1-2.5+deb12u1, 5.2.2-1, 6.1.3-1
- Fixed versions
- 5.2.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-28506
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
There is a heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB 5.2.1 function DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28506
giflib
Fixed versions: Not specified
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.2-1
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.2-1
Complete source record
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