Description
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.
Published: 2022-08-24
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-34072 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.
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Debian Debian Linux
Libpng Libpng
Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:16:04.244Z

Reserved: 2022-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-4214

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-24T16:15:10.037

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:10.063

Link: CVE-2021-4214

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-06-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-4214 - Bugzilla

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