UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16938

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16938
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16938.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16938
Upstream
Published
2017-11-24T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:36Z
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 - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / optipng

Package

Name
optipng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/optipng@0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.5-1
0.7.6-1
0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "optipng",
            "binary_version": "0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16938.json"