CVE-2017-6961

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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apng2gif_project:apng2gif:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:30

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References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2017-03-17 09:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:30


NVD link : CVE-2017-6961

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6961

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6961


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Products Affected

apng2gif_project

  • apng2gif
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation