UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6962

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6962
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6962.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6962
Upstream
Published
2017-03-17T09:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:13Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is an integer overflow resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. This is related to the read_chunk function making an unchecked addition of 12.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / apng2gif

Package

Name
apng2gif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apng2gif@1.7-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "apng2gif",
            "binary_version": "1.7-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6962.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / apng2gif

Package

Name
apng2gif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apng2gif@1.8-0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "apng2gif",
            "binary_version": "1.8-0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6962.json"