CVE-2017-16938
OptiPNG Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 24, 2017, 7:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 4, 2018, 2:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-16938 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 04, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 10, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/ No Types Assigned https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/ Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-16938 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-16938
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.59 }} 0.08%
score
0.78021
percentile