CVE-2017-16938
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.41%optipng - security update
Published: 11/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16938
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/optipngfrom 0, < 0.7.6-1.1
- Debian/optipngfrom 0, < 0.6.4-1+deb7u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |