CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-4214

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-08-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-08-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-120, CWE-787

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.

Affected configurations

• libpng libpng 1.6.0 • debian debian linux 10.0 • debian debian linux 11.0 • netapp ontap select deploy administration utility

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References