When was CVE-2023-43281 disclosed?

CVE-2023-43281 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 25, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-43281 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-43281 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 42.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-43281?

CVE-2023-43281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-43281?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-43281, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2023-43281

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—Elevated

6.5

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.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 42.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (10)

cve@mitrehttps://gist.github.com/peccc/d8761f6ac45ad55cbd194dd7e6fdfdac
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/peccc/double-stb
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMXKOKPP4BKTNUTF5KSRDQAWOUILQZNO/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVABVF4GEM6BYD5L4L64RCRSXUHY6LGN/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVQ7ONFH5GWLMXYEAJG32A3EUKUCEVCR/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/peccc/d8761f6ac45ad55cbd194dd7e6fdfdac
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/peccc/double-stb
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMXKOKPP4BKTNUTF5KSRDQAWOUILQZNO/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVABVF4GEM6BYD5L4L64RCRSXUHY6LGN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVQ7ONFH5GWLMXYEAJG32A3EUKUCEVCR/

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