CVE-2016-3982
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Memory corruption
8.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
Off-by-one error in the bmp_rle4_fread function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/57/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/57/Patch
- http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01