PT-2017-17429 · Apng2Gif · Apng2Gif

Dileep Kumar Jallepalli · Published 2017-03-17 · Updated 2022-02-04 · CVE-2017-6962

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions apng2gif version 1.7

Description An issue was discovered related to an integer overflow, resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. This issue is connected to the read chunk function, which performs an unchecked addition of 12.

Recommendations For apng2gif version 1.7, consider applying a patch or fix that checks for integer overflows in the read chunk function to prevent heap-based buffer overflows. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the read chunk function until a patch is available.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6962

DLA-2911-1

Affected Products

Apng2Gif

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6962 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6962 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2911-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854447 · Note