CVE-2017-6960
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 17, 2017 at 08:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:23 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxAPNG2GIF
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is an integer overflow resulting in a heap-based buffer over-read, related to the load_apng function and the imagesize variable.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854367Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00039.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4513-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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