CVE-2017-6961

Published Mar 17, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is improper sanitization of user input causing huge memory allocations, resulting in a crash. This is related to the read_chunk function using the pChunk->size value (within the PNG file) to determine the amount of memory to allocate.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2911-1 apng2gif security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15999 An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is improper sanitization of user input causing huge memory allocations, resulting in a crash. This is related to the read_chunk function using the pChunk->size value (within the PNG file) to determine the amount of memory to allocate.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:49 PM
Reserved
Mar 17, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 17, 2017, 9:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:23 AM