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CVE-2009-0749

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.55%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-03-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2009-0749
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.55%

Original NVD Description

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.