CVE-2024-45993

Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb.

Published: 2024-09-30 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-45993 is rated Low Risk (39/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-45993

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.15% 0.46% +0.31%
2 2026-06-12 0.12% 0.15% +0.03%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-45993

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.9 2.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-45993

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-45993

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-45993: 1 source package rows (giflib); 11 state rows across 8 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 11. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-45993
debian unimportant CVE-2024-45993 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (giflib), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45993
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45993
suse medium CVE-2024-45993 severity moderate: SUSE including 8 source package names (giflib, giflib-devel, …), 85 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, … (29 product lines)): Known Not Affected 85. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45993/
ubuntu low CVE-2024-45993 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (giflib), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45993

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-45993

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
giflib_project giflib 5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:giflib_project:giflib:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-45993

URL Tags
http://giflib.com Product
https://gitlab.com/mthandazo/project-pov Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence