CVE-2021-4214
published 2022-08-24CVE-2021-4214: 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…
PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.51%
40.7th percentile
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.
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | libpng1.6 | — | — |
| libpng | libpng | — | — |
| libpng | libpng | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2021-4214: libpng1.6 - A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage.c program. This flaw allows ...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-4214 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-4214: libpng1.6 - A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage.c program. This flaw allows ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: open
forky: open
sid: open
trixie: open
Red Hat
libpng: hardcoded value leads to heap-overflow
vendor_redhat·2019-06-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-4214 [MEDIUM] CWE-120 libpng: hardcoded value leads to heap-overflow
libpng: hardcoded value leads to heap-overflow
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.
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.
Statement: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6,7,8, & 9 are not affected because the pngimage.c program is not shipped with our binary RPMs.
Package: libpng (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: libpng (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Pac
GHSA
GHSA-v3c8-fhq3-xvvh: A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-08-25
CVE-2021-4214 [MEDIUM] CWE-120 GHSA-v3c8-fhq3-xvvh: A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage
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.
OSV
CVE-2021-4214: A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage
osv·2022-08-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-4214 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-4214: A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4214https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043393https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/302https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4214https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0001/https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4214https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043393https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/302https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4214https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0001/
2022-08-24
Published