CVE-2017-12652 (GCVE-0-2017-12652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-10 14:10 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:23
VLAI
Summary
libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
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