01 Record

CVE-2016-3982

Off-by-one error in the bmp_rle4_fread function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Off-by-one error in the bmp_rle4_fread function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-04-13 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-193Off-by-one ErrorBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

880ae2ee2073edbadb008d16da937e4e4da67e7e440e8dec8d44644edde688f7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

opensuseleapNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

optipng_projectoptipngNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1082http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.debian.orgDSA-3546http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2951-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1078http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201608-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
bugs.fihttp://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/2/x_refsource_MISC
sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/57/x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

optipng
Fixed in 0.7.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

optipng
Fixed in 0.7.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

optipng
Fixed in 0.7.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

optipng
Fixed in 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.