CVE-2017-6961
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.80%
Description
An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is improper sanitization of user input causing huge memory allocations, resulting in a crash. This is related to the read_chunk function using the pChunk->size value (within the PNG file) to determine the amount of memory to allocate.
How to fix CVE-2017-6961
To remediate CVE-2017-6961, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/apng2gif—upgrade to 1.8-0.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-6961 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.8-0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |