Description
Integer overflow in the png_set_unknown_chunks function in libpng/pngset.c in libpng before 1.5.14beta08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189CWE-122CWE-190
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LIBPNG
- Published
- 5/6/2014
- Last Modified
- 6/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
libpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpng
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