giflib up to 5.2.2 DumpScreen2RGB buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in giflib up to 5.2.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function DumpScreen2RGB. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-31344. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in giflib up to 5.2.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function DumpScreen2RGB. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2.

The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-31344 since 03/28/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/14/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234059 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : giflib (SUSE-SU-2025:1164-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234059). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 234059
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : giflib (SUSE-SU-2025:1164-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/28/2025 🔍
04/08/2025 +10 days 🔍
04/08/2025 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2025 +6 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-31344 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31344
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303765

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2025 06:12
Updated: 04/14/2025 10:46
Changes: 04/08/2025 06:12 (50), 04/10/2025 10:13 (2), 04/14/2025 10:46 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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