CVE-2017-7231

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    CVE-2017-7231

    Published: 22 Mar 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037, https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1

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