CVE-2017-3253
OpenJDK: imageio PNGImageReader failed to honor ignoreMetadata for iTXt and zTXt chunks (2D, 8166988)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 17, 2017
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was discovered that the 2D component of OpenJDK performed parsing of iTXt and zTXt PNG image chunks even when configured to ignore metadata. An attacker able to make a Java application parse a specially crafted PNG image could cause the application to consume an excessive amount of memory.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling