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CVE-2023-44821

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-44821 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Gifsicle versions through 1.94, potentially leading to memory consumption if untrusted input affects Gif_Realloc calls. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and low privileges, with the primary impact being a denial of service. Despite its classification, the practical exploitability is disputed due to Gifsicle's typical deployment and lack of library functionality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.94CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lcdf:gifsicle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/3WLTXJS6AIKPGVOAJ7EYC4HL3NEG6CGF
github.com / kohler/gifsicle/issues/195
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / kohler/gifsicle/issues/65
ExploitIssue Tracking
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3I6Z7VAHUYX3Q4DULJ76NFD2CIFZJYH5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WLTXJS6AIKPGVOAJ7EYC4HL3NEG6CGF