UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14048

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14048

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 18 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-14048

    Summary:

    Details: An issue has been found in libpng 1.6.34. It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to the recommended error handling for png_read_image.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14048, https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5432-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5432-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14048, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8639-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpng

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.2.51-0ubuntu3
    1.2.54-1
    1.2.54-1ubuntu1
    1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    High