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CVE-2016-2191 (GCVE-0-2016-2191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-13 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
VLAI
Summary
The bmp_read_rows function in pngxtern/pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) via a series of delta escapes in a crafted BMP image.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/04/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136553/Optip… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2016-04-03 00:00
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      "cve": "CVE-2016-2191",
      "id": "CVE-2016-2191",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-04-04T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "optipng: Invalid write while processing delta escapes without any boundary checking",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-2191.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-09T03:05:58Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-2191",
      "id": "CVE-2016-2191",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:06:19Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "1",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-2191",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-2191.json",
      "version": "8"
    }
  }
}



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