CVE-2017-6193

medium

Description

Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image containing a malformed image size descriptor in the IHDR chunk.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97053

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41669/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41668/

https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/cve-2017-6192-apngdis-width-height-buffer-overflow

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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