Vulnerability CVE-2017-16938

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-16938 (CCN-135508)

Assigned:

2017-11-24

Published:

2017-11-24

Updated:

2018-02-04

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-16938

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
optipng-cve201716938-dos(135508)

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1196-1] optipng security update

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201801-02

Source: CCN
Type: OptiPNG Web page
#69 global-buffer-overflow bug while parsing GIF file

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-4058

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-16938

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:201716938	V	CVE-2017-16938	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113074	P	optipng-0.7.7-2.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106511	P	optipng-0.7.7-2.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017169380000000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201716938000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201716938000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017169380000000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201716938000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017169380000000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201716938000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017169380000000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2017-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201716938000	V	CVE-2017-16938 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2017-11-24

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