stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. It may look like stbi__load_gif_main doesn’t give guarantees about the content of output value *delays upon failure. Although it sets *delays to zero at the beginning, it doesn’t do it in case the image is not recognized as GIF and a call to stbi__load_gif_main_outofmem only frees possibly allocated memory in *delays without resetting it to zero. Thus it would be fair to say the caller of stbi__load_gif_main is responsible to free the allocated memory in *delays only if stbi__load_gif_main returns a non null value. However at the same time the function may return null value, but fail to free the memory in *delays if internally stbi__convert_format is called and fails. Thus the issue may lead to a memory leak if the caller chooses to free delays only when stbi__load_gif_main didn’t fail or to a double-free if the delays is always freed
CVE-2023-45666
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.1% (64th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
- CISA's Vulnrichment rates exploitation as PoC; EchelonGraph holds no exploit-code reference for it
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
CISA-ADP, in the CVE record, lists nothings stb_image versions up to and including 2.28 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 75EG Risk 75/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity98% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation40% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch for a fix. - EPSS PROB
- 1.1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 64th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 1.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch for a fix.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
October 21, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
Advisory Details (6)
Auto-updated Oct 17, 2026[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: stb-0^20231011gitbeebb24-12.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QVABVF4GEM6BYD5L4L64RCRSXUHY6LGN/[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: stb-0^20231011gitbeebb24-12.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NMXKOKPP4BKTNUTF5KSRDQAWOUILQZNO/stb/stb_image.h at 5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9 · nothings/stb · GitHub
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_image.h#L6962-L7045stb/stb_image.h at 5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9 · nothings/stb · GitHub
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_image.h#L6957GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151/GHSL-2023-165_GHSL-2023-172: Several memory access violations in stb_image and stb_vorbis | GitHub Security Lab
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: usd-23.08-2.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVQ7ONFH5GWLMXYEAJG32A3EUKUCEVCR/Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libstb | 0.0~git20200713.b42009b+ds-1 ... 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1 (12 versions) |
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Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libstb | 0.0~git20220908.8b5f1f3+ds-1 ... 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1 (8 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libstb | 0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1, 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1 |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libstb | 0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1, 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
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