PT-2017-17428
CVE-2017-6961
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Published
2017-03-17
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Updated
2022-02-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
apng2gif version 1.7
Description
An issue was discovered where improper sanitization of user input leads to huge memory allocations, causing a crash. This issue is related to the
read chunk function using the pChunk->size value within the PNG file to determine the amount of memory to allocate.Recommendations
For apng2gif version 1.7, consider restricting the input to prevent huge memory allocations until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting the
pChunk->size value used by the read chunk function could help minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾