CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7231
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
pngdefry through 2017-03-22 is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly process a specially crafted png file. This issue affects the 'process()' function of the 'pngdefry.c' source file.
Affected configurations
• pngdefry project pngdefry (<= 2017-03-22)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory