The vulnerability of the read_gif function in the software for viewing GIF files, gifview – a software package for creating, editing, and optimizing GIF files, Gifsicle – allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the readgif function in the software for viewing GIF files, gifview, a program package for creating, editing, and optimizing GIF files in Gifsicle, is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker, operating remotely, to...