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.

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-27818

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-27818

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