What is CVE-2017-7231?

CVE-2017-7231 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pngdefry Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-7231?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Pngdefry Project

CVE-2017-7231

pngdefry through 2017-03-22 is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly process a specially crafted png file. This issue affects the 'process()' function of the 'pngdefry.c' source file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (63.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pngdefry_project Pngdefry
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7231?: CVE-2017-7231 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pngdefry Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-7231?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.