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CVE-2016-3982

Published: 13 April 2016

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
verified that 14.04 through 15.10 are affected via valgrind and
the reproducer from bugs.fi

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 8.8

Status

Package Release Status
optipng
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (0.7.6-1)
precise
Released (0.6.4-1ubuntu0.12.04.1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1])
wily
Released (0.7.5-1ubuntu0.1)