High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16938
CVE-2017-16938
Description
A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or other unspecified impact with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.
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3cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:optipng_project:optipng:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.7.7
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