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libstb — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45664

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. A crafted image file can trigger `stbi__load_gif_main_outofmem` attempt to double-free the out variable. This happens in `stbi__load_gif_main` because when the `layers * stride` value is zero the behavior is implementation defined, but common that realloc frees the old memory and returns null pointer. Since it attempts to double-free the memory a few lines below the first “free”, the issue can be potentially exploited only in a multi-threaded environment. In the worst case this may lead to code execution.

Products: libstb
Affected versions: 0.0~git20220908.8b5f1f3+ds-1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1~exp1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.2, 0.0~git20240715.f7f20f39fe4f+ds-1, 0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1, 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1
Fixed versions: Not specified
CVEs: CVE-2023-45664
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 1 Nov 2026, 16:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45664

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2023, 00:15 UTC

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45664

libstb

Fixed versions: Not specified

libstb

Fixed versions: Not specified

libstb

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record

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