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CVE-2017-7231

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.16% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-7231
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.16%

Original NVD Description

pngdefry through 2017-03-22 is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly process a specially crafted png file. This issue affects the 'process()' function of the 'pngdefry.c' source file.