Fedora 43 giflib Critical Memory Corruption CVE-2026-23868 Update
fedora
March 24, 2026
Fix CVE-2026-23868.
Summary
giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.
Update Information:
Fix CVE-2026-23868.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Sat Mar 21 2026 Sandro Mani
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2446289 - CVE-2026-23868 giflib: Giflib: Double-free vulnerability leading to memory corruption [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2446289
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-c260342365' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: giflib
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 5.2.2
Release: 9.fc43
Summary: A library and utilities for processing GIFs
Topics Covered
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