UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43907
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907
Upstream
Published
2023-10-01T01:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:02:17Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / optipng

Package

Name
optipng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/optipng@0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.7.5-1
0.7.6-1
0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Denial of service only in command-line tool",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "optipng"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / optipng

Package

Name
optipng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/optipng@0.7.6-1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.7.6-1build1
0.7.6-1ubuntu1
0.7.6-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Denial of service only in command-line tool",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.6-1.1",
            "binary_name": "optipng"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / optipng

Package

Name
optipng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/optipng@0.7.7-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.7.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Denial of service only in command-line tool",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.7-1",
            "binary_name": "optipng"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / optipng

Package

Name
optipng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/optipng@0.7.7-2build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.7.7-1build1
0.7.7-2
0.7.7-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Denial of service only in command-line tool",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.7-2build1",
            "binary_name": "optipng"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907.json"