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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade optipng | May 18, 2016 | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade optipng | Dec 10, 2025 | Feb 16, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-gfx/optipng. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade optipng-debugsourceUpgrade optipngUpgrade optipng-debuginfo | Apr 18, 2016 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade optipng | Apr 18, 2016 | Apr 13, 2016 |
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