CVE-2023-37748 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 19 Jul 2023 Updated 28 Oct 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the GIF decoding function of the ngiflib library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-37748?

CVE-2023-37748 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

ngiflib commit 5e7292 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the function DecodeGifImg at ngiflib.c.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37748?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Miniupnp Project Ngiflib.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37748?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-37748 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37748 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j64c-qhgp-m2v8.