CVE-2017-16938
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 24, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 24, 2017
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1196-1] optipng security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4058vendor-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/
- GLSA-201801-02vendor-advisory
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