CVE-2017-6192

Exp

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.

Published: 2018-02-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-6192 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.08%, 94th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.47% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-6192

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41668 exploit_db edb 2017-03-14 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-6192

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-13 3.61% 12.08% +8.47%
2 2025-11-21 2.66% 3.61% +0.95%
3 2025-11-18 — 2.66% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-6192

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-6192

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-6192

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-6192 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apngdis), 6 status rows across 6 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, DNE 1, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6192

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-6192

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apng_disassembler_project apng_disassembler <= 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:apng_disassembler_project:apng_disassembler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-6192

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97053 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41668/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41669/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/cve-2017-6191-apngdis-chunk-size-descriptor-buffer-overflow Exploit Third Party Advisory
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