Description
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.
Published: 2020-12-08
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3032-1 pngcheck security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20319 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6182-1 pngcheck vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux Fedora
Libpng Pngcheck
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:43.451Z

Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27818

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-08T01:15:12.320

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:52.203

Link: CVE-2020-27818

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