# CVE-2023-43281: Double Free vulnerability in Nothings Stb Image.h v.2.28 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file to the stb

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-24 · Updated: 2024-09-11

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Double Free vulnerability in Nothings Stb Image.h v.2.28 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file to the stbi_load_gif_main function.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://gist.github.com/peccc/d8761f6ac45ad55cbd194dd7e6fdfdac
- https://github.com/peccc/double-stb
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVQ7ONFH5GWLMXYEAJG32A3EUKUCEVCR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVABVF4GEM6BYD5L4L64RCRSXUHY6LGN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMXKOKPP4BKTNUTF5KSRDQAWOUILQZNO/

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