CVE-2017-7231

HIGH 7.8CVE-2017-7231 · Published 22/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-7231 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting pngdefry (pngdefry project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pngdefry pngdefry_project	`≤ 2017-03-22`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/97037 · Third Party Advisory
Tatsh/pngdefry · Exploit

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