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high 7.8

CVE-2017-1000229 json

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

published 2017-11-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-1497

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • optipng Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.7.6-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000229

  • optipng Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • optipng Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000229

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • optipng openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.7.7-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11131-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-1000229 updated cvss 3.3

optipng: integer overflow in tiffread.c:minitiff_read_info() leading to denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 optipng
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/65/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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