CVE-2017-7231

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

pngdefry through 2017-03-22 is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly process a specially crafted png file. This issue affects the 'process()' function of the 'pngdefry.c' source file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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