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CVE-2020-27818

LOW
3.3CVSS
Published: 2020-12-08
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
low
Weaknesses
CWE-120CWE-125

Metadata

Primary Vendor
LIBPNG
Published
12/8/2020
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

libpng : pngcheckfedoraproject : extra_packages_for_enterprise_linuxfedoraproject : extra_packages_for_enterprise_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoradebian : debian_linux

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