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Unscored USN-2951-1 5 CVEs

optipng vulnerabilities

Published Apr 18, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote
attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause
OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7801)

Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote
attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause
OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7802)

Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A
remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to
cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2191)

Henri Salo discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote
attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause
OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3981)

Henri Salo discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote
attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause
OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3982)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS optipng 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7801
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7802
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2191
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3981
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3982