UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6961

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6961
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6961.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6961
Related
Published
2017-03-17T09:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:21Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / apng2gif

Package

Name
apng2gif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apng2gif@1.7-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / apng2gif

Package

Name
apng2gif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apng2gif@1.8-0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8-0.1",
            "binary_name": "apng2gif"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8-0.1",
            "binary_name": "apng2gif-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}