CVE-2024-41440 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A heap buffer overflow in the function png_quantize() of hicolor v0.5.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PNG file.

Published: 2024-07-30

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dbohdan:hicolor:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0012.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32
https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/poc
https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/poc/sample18.png
https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/vulDescription.assets/image-20240530225208577.png
https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/vulDescription.md

History

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Dbohdan Hicolor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:46:52.372Z

Reserved: 2024-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-41440

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-31T12:38:13.389Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-30T19:15:11.210

Modified: 2025-09-04T16:31:11.127

Link: CVE-2024-41440

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-122

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