CVE-2016-5735

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Integer overflow in the rwpng_read_image24_libpng function in rwpng.c in pngquant 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted PNG file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5735
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-23T04:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-06-28T15:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pngquant:pngquant:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/pornel/pngquant/commit/b7c217680cda02dddced245d237ebe8c383be285 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://sf.snu.ac.kr/gil.hur/publications/shovel.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00028.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5735
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5735
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:41:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:12:09 2017-05-23T04:29Z 2017-05-23T04:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:12:09 2020-06-28T15:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:12:09 Modified Vulnerability Status updated