CVE-2017-16938
published 2017-11-24CVE-2017-16938: 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…
PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.79%
75.6th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | optipng | < optipng 0.7.6-1.1 (bookworm) | optipng 0.7.6-1.1 (bookworm) |
| optipng_project | optipng | — | — |
| optipng_project | optipng | >= 0 < 0.7.6-1.1 | 0.7.6-1.1 |
| optipng_project | optipng | >= 0 < 0.7.6-1.1 | 0.7.6-1.1 |
| optipng_project | optipng | >= 0 < 0.7.6-1.1 | 0.7.6-1.1 |
| optipng_project | optipng | >= 0 < 0.7.6-1.1 | 0.7.6-1.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-78q2-wp6j-q4hp: A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-16938 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-78q2-wp6j-q4hp: A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-16938: A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0
osv·2017-11-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16938 [HIGH] CVE-2017-16938: A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0
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.
Red Hat
optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
vendor_redhat·2017-11-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16938 [HIGH] CWE-121 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
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.
An invalid memory write flaw was found in the way OptiPNG handles processing of GIF files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the OptiPNG program by tricking it into processing crafted GIF files.
Statement: Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redh
Debian
CVE-2017-16938: optipng - A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a den...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16938 [HIGH] CVE-2017-16938: optipng - A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a den...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.7.6-1.1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.7.6-1.1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.7.6-1.1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.7.6-1.1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.7.6-1.1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
bugzilla·2017-12-04·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16938 [HIGH] CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16938
https://bugs.debian.org/878839
https://bugs.gentoo.org/639690
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22099
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069774
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/_discuss/thread/10e27bff/63db/attachment/optipng-076-sfbug-69.patch
Discussion:
Created optipng tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1520230]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-12-04·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16938 [HIGH] CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058
2017-11-24
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