{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "0.7.6"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or other unspecified impact with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.",
  "id": "CVE-2017-16938",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:48:26.277529325Z",
  "published": "2017-11-24T07:29:00.397Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00042.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4058"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-02"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}