Vulnerability CVE-2017-16938


Published: 2017-11-24

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.

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Optipng project -> Optipng 

 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

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