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High
CVE-2017-7231
pngdefry through 2017-03-22 is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
pngdefry project
View all reports →Affected Software
pngdefry
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 22nd, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.