Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2017-16938 First vendor Publication 2017-11-24
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16938

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

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Date Description
2018-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-e56a2ddd09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-01-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201801-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-018464cbf9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1320.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1196.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058
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Date Informations
2024-11-28 13:04:40
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2021-05-04 12:59:20
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2021-04-22 02:12:25
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2020-05-23 00:58:04
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2018-02-05 13:21:36
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2018-01-09 13:23:13
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2017-12-15 13:23:45
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2017-12-12 13:24:21
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2017-12-10 09:22:12
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2017-12-06 22:57:01
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2017-12-02 13:23:48
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2017-11-24 12:01:41
  • First insertion