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$ cve CVE-2017-6193 JSON

CVE-2017-6193 EXPLOIT

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7.5% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image containing a malformed image size descriptor in the IHDR chunk.

Scoring

CVSS5.5 (MEDIUM, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS7.55% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2018-02-20
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
apng disassembler projectapng disassembler

Public exploits

References

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