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CVE-2021-4214 (GCVE-0-2021-4214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-24 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI
Summary
A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage.c program. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to pass a specially crafted PNG file to the pngimage utility, causing an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libpng Affected: libpng v1.6
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