An issue was discovered in apng2gif 1.7. There is improper sanitization of user input causing huge memory allocations, resulting in a crash. This is related to the read_chunk function using the pChunk->size value (within the PNG file) to determine the amount of memory to allocate.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
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| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory | 
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory | 
Configurations
                    History
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| References | () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854441 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2017-03-17 09:59
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-6961
Mitre link : CVE-2017-6961
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6961
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Products Affected
                apng2gif_project
- apng2gif
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-20
                        
            Improper Input Validation
