CVE-2026-23868

MEDIUM

5.1

CVSS Score

Published: March 10, 2026 at 06:53 PM UTC

Updated: July 15, 2026 at 02:18 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorGiflib

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Severity

MEDIUM5.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Giflib · Giflib Project

95%

5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.15.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/f5b7267aed3665ef025c13823e454170d031c106/tree/gifalloc.c?diff=5146815377b7395944cb683a08c43eee3f631eb7

References (27)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: cverecord

https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2026-23868

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: cverecord

https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/f5b7267aed3665ef025c13823e454170d031c106/tree/gifalloc.c?diff=5146815377b7395944cb683a08c43eee3f631eb7