What is CVE-2023-48161?

CVE-2023-48161 is a high-severity vulnerability in Giflib Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2023-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-48161?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-48161 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Giflib Project

CVE-2023-48161

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-11-22 · last modified 2026-10-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Giflib Project — versions 5.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/167/ (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
github.com/tacetool/TACE (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48161?: CVE-2023-48161 is a high-severity vulnerability in Giflib Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2023-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-48161?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-48161 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.