🛡️ CVE-2023-48161 on Alpine 3.16 (Root.io) — rootio-giflib

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-48161 as tracked by Alpine 3.16 (Root.io), for the package rootio-giflib. The fix is available in version 5.2.1-r00071; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-316-CVE-2023-48161 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-316-CVE-2023-48161 is recorded against 1 package.

• rootio-giflib (fixed in 5.2.1-r00071)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 August 2025 and last revised on 13 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2023-48161 on other distributions

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