High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-7231

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.

Affected products

Pngdefry Project/Pngdefry
cpe:2.3:a:pngdefry_project:pngdefry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2017-03-22

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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