CVE-2016-3981

Published: Apr 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_read_rows function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file.

Affected (6)

Products: Optipng Project: Optipng · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Debian: Debian Linux

Optipng Project

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Optipng Project Optipng	Up to 0.7.5

Configuration B

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.10
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

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 (14)

http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/56/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/1/

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

Exploit

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html

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

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html

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

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546

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

Third Party Advisory

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

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

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01

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

https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/56/

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

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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