CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2191
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The bmp_read_rows function in pngxtern/pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) via a series of delta escapes in a crafted BMP image.
Affected configurations
• optipng optipng 0.7.2
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• opensuse leap 42.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136553/Optipng-Invalid-Write.html Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/15 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/04/2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537972/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01 security.gentoo.org
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/59/ Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136553/Optipng-Invalid-Write.html Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/15 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/04/2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537972/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01 security.gentoo.org
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/59/ Patch