CVE-2017-6191
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a...
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
- Record
CVE-2017-6191- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
- Record
CVE-2017-6191- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15256 No score
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15256- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-85rx-6vqx-xc7q
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a...
Buffer overflow in APNGDis 2.8 and below allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
- Record
GHSA-85rx-6vqx-xc7q- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | APNGDis 2.8 - 'filename' Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) | 2017-03-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6191 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apng Disassembler Project Disassembler, published March 23, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.68%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.