cve/2017/CVE-2017-16938.md

### [CVE-2017-16938](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16938)
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### Description

A global buffer overflow in OptiPNG 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or other unspecified impact with a maliciously crafted GIF format file, related to an uncontrolled loop in the LZWReadByte function of the gifread.c file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/69/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.