CVE-2017-16938

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058

https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High