CVE-2018-14550
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Out-of-bounds write in libpng
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.6.37-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.6.37-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.6.37-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.6.37-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.6.37-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | libpng | <1.6.37 | 1.6.37 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14550.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14550
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14550
- https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/246
- https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng#stack-buffer-overflow-in-png2pnm-in-function-get_token
- https://github.com/glennrp/libpng
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0001
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UPSTREAM-LIBPNG-1043612
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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