CVE-2016-2191

medium
Published 2016-04-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The bmp_read_rows function in pngxtern/pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) via a series of delta escapes in a crafted BMP image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2191

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/59/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.7.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.7.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.7.6-1
debian debiansidfixed0.7.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.7.6-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
optipngoptipng0.7.2

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.