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CVE-2017-6960

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6960 is a high-severity integer overflow vulnerability in apng2gif 1.7, specifically within the load_apng function, which can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read. This flaw affects various distributions of apng2gif, including those from Debian, Ubuntu, and the apng2gif_project. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it presents a low-complexity network-based attack vector that could result in a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apng2gif_project:apng2gif:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00039.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4513-1
Third Party Advisory