CVE-2024-45993
Published: 30 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-45993 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Giflib Project Giflib. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 30.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41672
Vulnerability details
Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.