android-gif-drawable vulerable to denial of service due to unrestricted comment length

HIGH 7.5CVE-2022-23435 · GHSA-3mm4-w7v6-4rhv · Published 19/01/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-23435 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable, android-gif-drawable (android-gif-drawable project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.2.24 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable Maven	`< 1.2.24`	`1.2.24`
android-gif-drawable android-gif-drawable_project	`< 1.2.24`	`1.2.24`

decoding.c in android-gif-drawable before 1.2.24 does not limit the maximum length of a comment, leading to denial of service.

NVD description

decoding.c in android-gif-drawable before 1.2.24 does not limit the maximum length of a comment, leading to denial of service.

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