Upstream information

CVE-2017-16938 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1069774 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2017:3162-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • optipng >= 0.7.7-2.3
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11131

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Nov 24 14:19:54 2017
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 21:10:09 2024