CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16938
optipng: CVE-2017-16938
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.86% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | optipng | sid | 7.9.1+ds-2 | fixed |
| Debian | optipng | forky | 7.9.1+ds-2 | fixed |
| Debian | optipng | trixie | 0.7.8+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | optipng | bookworm | 0.7.7-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | optipng | 16.04 | 0.7.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | optipng | 16.04 | 0.7.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | optipng | 16.04 | 0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | optipng | source | sid | 0.7.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [878839] |
| Debian | optipng | source | forky | 0.7.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [878839] |
| Debian | optipng | source | trixie | 0.7.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [878839] |
| Debian | optipng | source | bookworm | 0.7.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [878839] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11131-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16938]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1196-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16938]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16938]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16938.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]