Integer overflow in pngquant - CVE-2016-5735
Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38957
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5735
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: pngquant.org
Affected software:
pngquant
pngquant
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5735
Install update from vendor's website.