CVE-2015-7802

Published: Apr 20, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

gifread.c in gif2png, as used in OptiPNG before 0.7.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) via a crafted GIF file.

Affected (4)

Products: Optipng Project: Optipng · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Optipng Project Optipng	Version 0.7.5

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.10

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://optipng.sourceforge.net/history.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/53/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://optipng.sourceforge.net/history.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/53/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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