| Name | CVE-2023-43907 |
| Description | OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1055668 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| optipng (PTS) | bullseye | 0.7.7-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.7.7-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 0.7.8+ds-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 7.9.1+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| optipng | source | (unstable) | 0.7.8+ds-1 | unimportant | | 1055668 |
Notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/87/
https://github.com/Frank-Z7/z-vulnerabilitys/blob/main/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1/optipng-global-buffer-overflow1.md
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact