CVE-2026-23868
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.1 Medium
- Published
- Mar 10, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 16, 2026
Description
Giflib contains a double-free vulnerability that is the result of a shallow copy in GifMakeSavedImage and incorrect error handling. The conditions needed to trigger this vulnerability are difficult but may be possible.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.1 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| 3.1 | 7.0 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
giflibgiflib |
|
References
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2026-23868
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/f5b7267aed3665ef025c13823e454170d031c106/tree/gifalloc.c?diff=5146815377b7395944cb683a08c43eee3f631eb7
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23868vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2446207issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-23868.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8883vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9290vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8858vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19154vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8861vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8884vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8885vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8887vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8886vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9291vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9292vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9295vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9294vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8859vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19367vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19724vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19725vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16008vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16030vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16009vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174vendor-advisory
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