CVE-2018-14047

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    CVE-2018-14047

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0. It is a SEGV in pngwriter::readfromfile in pngwriter.cc. NOTE: there is a "Warning: PNGwriter was never designed for reading untrusted files with it. Do NOT use this in sensitive environments, especially DO NOT read PNGs from unknown sources with it!" statement in the master/README.md file

    References: https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter, https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 79bb3ef5ebd91996bc4cd02cdc031c5cd560b897
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High