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CVE-2016-2191
published 2016-04-13

CVE-2016-2191: The bmp_read_rows function in pngxtern/pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash)…

PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.53%
87.8th percentile
The bmp_read_rows function in pngxtern/pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) via a series of delta escapes in a crafted BMP image.

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianoptipng< optipng 0.7.6-1 (bookworm)optipng 0.7.6-1 (bookworm)
opensuseleap
opensuseopensuse
optipngoptipng
optipng_projectoptipng>= 0 < 0.7.6-10.7.6-1
optipng_projectoptipng>= 0 < 0.7.6-10.7.6-1
optipng_projectoptipng>= 0 < 0.7.6-10.7.6-1
optipng_projectoptipng>= 0 < 0.7.6-10.7.6-1
optipng_projectoptipng>= 0 < 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.10.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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