CVE-2015-7802 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Project Optipng

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Optipng Project OptipngCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

gifread.c in gif2png, as used in OptiPNG before 0.7.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) via a crafted GIF file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianoptipng_project/optipng< 0.7.6-1+3
▶Ubuntuoptipng_project/optipng< 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3c85-4h37-m8ww: gifread↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-7802: gifread↗2016-04-20
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CVEList
CVE-2015-7802: gifread↗2016-04-20
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OSV
optipng vulnerabilities↗2016-04-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
OptiPNG vulnerabilities↗2016-04-18
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Red Hat
optipng: Buffer overflow in global memory↗2015-09-23
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Debian
CVE-2015-7802: optipng - gifread.c in gif2png, as used in OptiPNG before 0.7.6, allows remote attackers t...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7802 optipng: Buffer overflow in global memory↗2015-09-24
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CVE-2015-7802 — Optipng Project Optipng vulnerability | cvebase