Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-27818 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 3.3 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
LOW
local
low complexity
libpng
fedoraproject
debian
CWE-125
NVD
Published: 2020-12-08
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libpng
1
Application
Fedoraproject
2
OS
Fedoraproject
4
OS
Debian
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overread Buffers
    An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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