CVE-2020-27818

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.3
Exploit probability—
ProductLibpng Pngcheck
PublishedDec 8, 2020
First seenDec 8, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-120CWE-120

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libpng pngcheck2.4.0—
fedoraproject extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux7.0, 8.0—
fedoraproject fedora31, 32, 33, 34—
debian debian_linux9.0—

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