CVE-2016-2191 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OptiPNG versions prior to 0.7.6, as well as canonical, debian, and opensuse distributions. A remote attacker can trigger an invalid memory write and crash by providing a crafted BMP image containing a series of delta escapes. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:optipng:optipng:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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