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Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-43907

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity buffer overflow in the optipng package (Alpine). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20optipng0.7.8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-43907
Alpine:v3.21optipng0.7.8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-43907
Alpine:v3.22optipng0.7.8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-43907
Alpine:v3.23optipng0.7.8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-43907
Alpine:v3.24optipng0.7.8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-43907
Debian:12optipngno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-43907
Debian:13optipng0.7.8+ds-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43907
Debian:14optipng0.7.8+ds-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43907
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSoptipngno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-43907

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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