CVE-2017-16938 (GCVE-0-2017-16938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-24 07:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:43
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T20:43:57.855Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1196-1] optipng security update",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-4058",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/"
          },
          {
            "name": "GLSA-201801-02",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_GENTOO",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2017-11-24T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2018-02-02T10:57:01",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1196-1] optipng security update",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-4058",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/"
        },
        {
          "name": "GLSA-201801-02",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_GENTOO"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2017-16938",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1196-1] optipng security update",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-4058",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/"
            },
            {
              "name": "GLSA-201801-02",
              "refsource": "GENTOO",
              "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2017-16938",
    "datePublished": "2017-11-24T07:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2017-11-24T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T20:43:57.855Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": "[{\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"D5B95311-98CB-44DE-91AE-73B33E20D2BC\"}]}]}]",
      "descriptions": "[{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"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.\"}, {\"lang\": \"es\", \"value\": \"Un desbordamiento de b\\u00fafer global en OptiPNG 0.7.6 permite que atacantes remotos provoquen un ataque de denegaci\\u00f3n de servicio (DoS) u otro impacto sin especificar con un archivo maliciosamente manipulado de formato GIF. Esto se relaciona con un bucle no controlado en la funci\\u00f3n LZWReadByte del archivo gifread.c.\"}]",
      "id": "CVE-2017-16938",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-21T03:17:16.860",
      "metrics": "{\"cvssMetricV30\": [{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"3.0\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"baseScore\": 7.8, \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}, \"exploitabilityScore\": 1.8, \"impactScore\": 5.9}], \"cvssMetricV2\": [{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"2.0\", \"vectorString\": \"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\", \"baseScore\": 6.8, \"accessVector\": \"NETWORK\", \"accessComplexity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"authentication\": \"NONE\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\", \"integrityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\"}, \"baseSeverity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"exploitabilityScore\": 8.6, \"impactScore\": 6.4, \"acInsufInfo\": false, \"obtainAllPrivilege\": false, \"obtainUserPrivilege\": false, \"obtainOtherPrivilege\": false, \"userInteractionRequired\": true}]}",
      "published": "2017-11-24T07:29:00.397",
      "references": "[{\"url\": \"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Patch\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Patch\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]",
      "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": "[{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-119\"}]}]"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2017-16938\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2017-11-24T07:29:00.397\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-04-20T01:37:25.860\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Deferred\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer global en OptiPNG 0.7.6 permite que atacantes remotos provoquen un ataque de denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (DoS) u otro impacto sin especificar con un archivo maliciosamente manipulado de formato GIF. Esto se relaciona con un bucle no controlado en la funci\u00f3n LZWReadByte del archivo gifread.c.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV30\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.0\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":5.9}],\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\",\"baseScore\":6.8,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":8.6,\"impactScore\":6.4,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":true}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-119\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"D5B95311-98CB-44DE-91AE-73B33E20D2BC\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.