CVE-2017-16938

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    CVE-2017-16938

    Published: 24 Nov 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or other unspecified impact with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02, https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/

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    Introduced- None
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