UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5735

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5735
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5735.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5735
Upstream
Published
2017-05-23T04:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:48Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the rwpngreadimage24_libpng function in rwpng.c in pngquant 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted PNG file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pngquant

Package

Name
pngquant
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pngquant@2.5.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "pngquant",
            "binary_version": "2.5.0-1"
        }
    ]
}