CVE-2016-3982

HIGH

OptiPNG <0.7.6 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/2/
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/57/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0251
EPSS Percentile 85.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
optipng_project/optipng < 0.7.5
Published Apr 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026