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Low
CVE-2020-27818
A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0....
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-04d5e1ce26
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-4349e95c4f
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-23432b7b72
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-27b168926a
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-6c93c61069
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-339db397ad
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902011
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00043.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
pngcheck
Vulnerable Versions:
pngcheck-2.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 8th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L