CVE-2017-16938

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-11-24
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1520227: CVE-2017-16938 optipng: global buffer overflow in gifread.c:LZWReadByte when parsing malicious GIF
An invalid memory write flaw was found in the way OptiPNG handles processing of GIF files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the OptiPNG program by tricking it into processing crafted GIF files.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16938 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 optipng Will not fix

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