CVE-2016-3981
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3981
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3981.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3981
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-04-13T16:59:23.100Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:07:02.571763Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmpreadrows 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.
- References
-
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/56/
- http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/1/
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3981.json"
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