CVE-2021-4214

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    CVE-2021-4214

    Published: 24 Aug 2022Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4214, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4214, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0001/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043393, https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/302

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c53778ff53a73ad2d676602f5dc7019566be5058
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.0-NA

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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