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CVE-2021-4214
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-08-24T16:15:10.037 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:19:14.017

Summary

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 products

libpng — libpng

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References

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