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CVE-2017-1000229

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow bug in function minitiff_read_info() of optipng 0.7.6 allows an attacker to remotely execute code or cause denial of service.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• Optipng Project Optipng: 0.7.6

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02
• https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00030.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02
• https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058

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