8.8high
CVE-2018-14550
Out-of-bounds write in libpng
Also known as GHSA-qwwr-qc2p-6283
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.5%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An issue has been found in third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_token in pnm2png.c in pnm2png.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| nuget | libpng | <1.6.37 | 1.6.37 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201908-02 · vendor-advisory, x_transferred
- oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html · x_transferred
- github.com /glennrp/libpng/issues/246 · x_transferred
- github.com /fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng#stack-buffer-overflow-in-png2pnm-in-function-get_token · x_transferred
- oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · x_transferred
- security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20221028-0001/ · x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14550 · advisory
- github.com /glennrp/libpng · package
- security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20221028-0001 · web
- snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-UPSTREAM-LIBPNG-1043612 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-14550
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-qwwr-qc2p-6283
- NVD: CVE-2018-14550
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