CVE-2017-7231

7.8 highEPSS 1.2%

High (7.8) in pngdefry project pngdefry. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 67% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-03-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pngdefry_project:pngdefry

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037
https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97037
https://github.com/Tatsh/pngdefry/issues/1

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