Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-16938
A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or other unspecified impact with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 65.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058
Products affected by CVE-2017-16938
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cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6