CVE-2017-6192
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and earlier allows a remote attackers to cause denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 6.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and earlier allows a remote attackers to cause denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image containing a malformed chunk size descriptor.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB1 entry
- APNGDis 2.8 - 'chunk size descriptor' Heap Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41668dos, multiplepublished 14 Mar 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 41668 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41669 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 41668 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/cve-2017-6191-apngdis-chunk-size-descriptor-buffer-overflow (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 97053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41669 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-15257 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-6192)Record last updated .