CVE-2020-35511

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-35511
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-02 17:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a crafted png file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-126

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Libpng Pngcheck 2.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5300-1 pngcheck DEBIAN www.debian.org
pngcheck Home Page MISC www.libpng.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3238-1] pngcheck security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181318 Debian Security Update for pngcheck (DSA 5300-1)
  • 181319 Debian Security Update for pngcheck (DLA 3238-1)
  • 199433 Ubuntu Security Notification for pngcheck Vulnerabilities (USN-6182-1)
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