Description
Off-by-one error in the bmp_rle4_fread 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, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2016-04-13
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 2.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4991 Off-by-one error in the bmp_rle4_fread 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, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2951-1 OptiPNG vulnerabilities
History

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Opensuse Leap Opensuse
Optipng Project Optipng
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.983Z

Reserved: 2016-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3982

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-13T16:59:24.397

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3982

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3982 - Bugzilla

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