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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45667 (CVE-2023-45667)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-10-21 00:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:02 – Source website

Details

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. If stbi__load_gif_main in stbi_load_gif_from_memory fails it returns a null pointer and may keep the z variable uninitialized. In case the caller also sets the flip vertically flag, it continues and calls stbi__vertical_flip_slices with the null pointer result value and the uninitialized z value. This may result in a program crash.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45667	REPORT
	https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-20…	REPORT
	https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0…	REPORT
	https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45667	REPORT

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CVE-2023-45667 (GCVE-0-2023-45667)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-20 23:26 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:14

Title

Null pointer dereference because of an uninitialized variable in stb_image

Summary

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. If `stbi__load_gif_main` in `stbi_load_gif_from_memory` fails it returns a null pointer and may keep the `z` variable uninitialized. In case the caller also sets the flip vertically flag, it continues and calls `stbi__vertical_flip_slices` with the null pointer result value and the uninitialized `z` value. This may result in a program crash.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-12 14:07 UTC

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-20…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
nothings	stb	Affected: <= 2.28
nothings	stb_image	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.28 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:nothings:stb_image::::::::

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