An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is improper sanitization of user input causing huge memory allocations, resulting in a crash. This is related to the read_chunk function using the pChunk->size value (within the PNG file) to determine the amount of memory to allocate.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade apng2gif | Feb 7, 2022 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade apng2gif | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 17, 2017 |
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