Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0296 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-31344:
    Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated     with program files gif2rgb.C.

    This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1220 advisory.

    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 (CVE-2023-48161)

    Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb. (CVE-2024-45993)

    NOTE: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/3NOTE:
    https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/176/ (CVE-2025-31344)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-928071dafb advisory.

    Backport proposed fix for CVE-2025-31344 from OpenMandriva.

    ----

    Install gif_getarg.h header.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-7d0fc65561 advisory.

    Backport proposed fix for CVE-2025-31344 from OpenMandriva.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of giflib installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-31344 advisory.

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated     with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2. (CVE-2025-31344)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of giflib installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-31344 advisory.

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated     with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2. (CVE-2025-31344)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-6e1b672fbf advisory.

    Backport proposed fix for CVE-2025-31344 from OpenMandriva.

    ----

    Install gif_getarg.h header.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated     with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2. (CVE-2025-31344)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in openEuler giflib on Linux. This vulnerability is associated
    with program files gif2rgb.C. This issue affects giflib: through 5.2.2. (CVE-2025-31344)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1164-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-31344: Fixed a buffer overflow in function DumpScreen2RGB (bsc#1240416)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:1163-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-31344: Fixed a buffer overflow in function DumpScreen2RGB (bsc#1240416)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-075 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in giflib through 5.1.4. DumpScreen2RGB in gif2rgb.c has a heap-based buffer over-     read. (CVE-2020-23922)

    There is a heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB 5.2.1 function DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45.
    (CVE-2022-28506)

    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 (CVE-2023-48161)

    Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb. (CVE-2024-45993)

    NOTE: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/3NOTE:
    https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/176/ (CVE-2025-31344)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
275929	TencentOS Server 4: giflib (TSSA-2025:0296)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	high
270536	Amazon Linux 2023 : giflib, giflib-devel, giflib-utils (ALAS2023-2025-1220)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
241296	Fedora 42 : giflib (2025-928071dafb)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
235054	Fedora 40 : giflib (2025-7d0fc65561)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
234743	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: giflib (CVE-2025-31344)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	high
234737	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: giflib (CVE-2025-31344)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
234710	Fedora 41 : giflib (2025-6e1b672fbf)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
234198	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-31344	Nessus	Misc.	high
424800	Alpine: multiple giflib packages: security update to 5.2.2-r1	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
424800	Alpine: multiple giflib packages: security update to 5.2.2-r1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
234059	SUSE SLED15: giflib-devel / giflib-devel-32bit / giflib-progs / libgif7 / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:1164-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
234056	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : giflib (SUSE-SU-2025:1163-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
173083	Amazon Linux 2023 : giflib, giflib-devel, giflib-utils (ALAS2023-2023-075)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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