VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-43907
OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.52%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- optipng project/optipng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://optipng.sourceforge.net/Product
- https://github.com/Frank-Z7/z-vulnerabilitys/blob/main/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IBHVG5LDE2K3FZSIK4XFXOUXSE7NZ5JH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RCG5CMDT37WCZGAWQNOIPVP4VHGCPUU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAB22JXDE7O27DYARZXC7PFUETM5OOT5/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/optipng/files/OptiPNG/optipng-0.7.7/optipng-0.7.7.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=udomain&download=Product
- http://optipng.sourceforge.net/Product
- https://github.com/Frank-Z7/z-vulnerabilitys/blob/main/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IBHVG5LDE2K3FZSIK4XFXOUXSE7NZ5JH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RCG5CMDT37WCZGAWQNOIPVP4VHGCPUU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VAB22JXDE7O27DYARZXC7PFUETM5OOT5/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/optipng/files/OptiPNG/optipng-0.7.7/optipng-0.7.7.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=udomain&download=Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.