vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3495-1 (CVE-2017-1000229): OptiPNG vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 17, 2017
Added
Nov 27, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-optipng
Title
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