vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-6961): apng2gif vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 17, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 17, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 25, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-apng2gif
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