GCVE Workshop - 22 September 2026 (14:00-18:00), Luxembourg Before The Vulnopticon Conference - Registration

CVE-2017-1000229 (GCVE-0-2017-1000229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-17 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:53
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/ x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2017-11-16 00:00
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T21:53:07.413Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1184-1] optipng security update",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-4058",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
          },
          {
            "name": "GLSA-201801-02",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_GENTOO",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "dateAssigned": "2017-08-22T00:00:00.000Z",
      "datePublic": "2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2018-02-02T10:57:01.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1184-1] optipng security update",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-4058",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
        },
        {
          "name": "GLSA-201801-02",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_GENTOO"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "DATE_ASSIGNED": "2017-08-22T17:29:33.458408",
          "ID": "CVE-2017-1000229",
          "REQUESTER": "jschoi.2022@gmail.com",
          "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": "Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1184-1] optipng security update",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-4058",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
            },
            {
              "name": "GLSA-201801-02",
              "refsource": "GENTOO",
              "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2017-1000229",
    "datePublished": "2017-11-17T05:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T21:53:07.413Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2017-1000229",
      "date": "2026-09-17",
      "epss": "0.01968",
      "percentile": "0.79413"
    },
    "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\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"16F59A04-14CF-49E2-9973-645477EA09DA\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"C11E6FB0-C8C0-4527-9AA0-CB9B316F8F43\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252\"}]}]}]",
      "descriptions": "[{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service.\"}, {\"lang\": \"es\", \"value\": \"Un fallo de desbordamiento de enteros en la funci\\u00f3n minitiff_read_info() de optipng 0.7.6 permite que un atacante ejecute c\\u00f3digo de manera remota o provoque una denegaci\\u00f3n de servicio (DoS).\"}]",
      "id": "CVE-2017-1000229",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-21T03:04:26.383",
      "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": "2017-11-17T05:29:00.483",
      "references": "[{\"url\": \"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Mailing List\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Exploit\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Mailing List\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Exploit\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]",
      "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": "[{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-190\"}]}]"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2017-1000229\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2017-11-17T05:29:00.483\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-05-13T00:24:29.033\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Un fallo de desbordamiento de enteros en la funci\u00f3n minitiff_read_info() de optipng 0.7.6 permite que un atacante ejecute c\u00f3digo de manera remota o provoque una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (DoS).\"}],\"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-190\"}]}],\"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\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"16F59A04-14CF-49E2-9973-645477EA09DA\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"C11E6FB0-C8C0-4527-9AA0-CB9B316F8F43\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]}}",
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-13T03:56:31+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2017-1000229",
      "id": "CVE-2017-1000229",
      "initial_release_date": "2017-12-04T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "optipng: integer overflow in tiffread.c:minitiff_read_info() leading to denial of service",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-1000229.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-13T15:54:03Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2017-1000229",
      "id": "CVE-2017-1000229",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:35:16Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "1",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2017-1000229",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-1000229.json",
      "version": "8"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

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.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.