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CVE-2016-3981 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_read_rows function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/13/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/1/ Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/56/ Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3981
NVD Published Date:
04/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
02/19/2017