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
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.2.1-r2
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-28506
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
There is a heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB 5.2.1 function DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-28506
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
giflib
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-r2
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