CVE-2020-27818
EUVD-2020-2031908.12.2020, 01:15
A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0. An attacker able to pass a malicious file to be processed by pngcheck could cause a temporary denial of service, posing a low risk to application availability.
Affected Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| libpng | pngcheck | 2.4.0 |
| fedoraproject | extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| fedoraproject | extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
Ubuntu Releases
Common Weakness Enumeration
- CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds ReadThe software reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
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