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CVE-2009-0749

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-

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Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.

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References 14

secunia.com

securityfocus.com

lists.opensuse.org

vupen.com

optipng.sourceforge.net

sourceforge.net

openwall.com

gentoo.org

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com