Red Hat Security Advisory: giflib update
giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. Security Fix(es): * giflib: Giflib: Double-free vulnerability leading to memory corruption (CVE-2026-23868) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The giflib library contains a double-free vulnerability that may cause memory corruption. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-23868. Red Hat has released an updated version of giflib (5.2.1-9.el9_4.1) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants to fix this vulnerability. The advisory classifies the security impact as important. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the vulnerability involves unsafe memory handling that could potentially be exploited to cause instability or other impacts related to memory corruption.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows double-free of memory in giflib, which can lead to memory corruption. This may result in application crashes or other unpredictable behavior in software that uses giflib for GIF image processing. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated giflib packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related products should apply the provided updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:9295 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: giflib update
Description
giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. Security Fix(es): * giflib: Giflib: Double-free vulnerability leading to memory corruption (CVE-2026-23868) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The giflib library contains a double-free vulnerability that may cause memory corruption. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-23868. Red Hat has released an updated version of giflib (5.2.1-9.el9_4.1) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants to fix this vulnerability. The advisory classifies the security impact as important. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the vulnerability involves unsafe memory handling that could potentially be exploited to cause instability or other impacts related to memory corruption.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows double-free of memory in giflib, which can lead to memory corruption. This may result in application crashes or other unpredictable behavior in software that uses giflib for GIF image processing. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated giflib packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related products should apply the provided updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:9295 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:9295
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a29d5be0e53e738839c1d10
Added to database: 6/10/2026, 9:23:10 PM
Last enriched: 6/10/2026, 9:24:01 PM
Last updated: 6/11/2026, 8:56:56 AM
Views: 15
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