CVE-2019-17371 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in gif2png allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-17371?
CVE-2019-17371 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
gif2png 2.5.13 has a memory leak in the writefile function.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17371?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gif2png Project Gif2png.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17371?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-17371 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17371 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7m3p-hh8m-pwmh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17371.