CVE-2021-4214

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4214
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-24 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-08 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

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 Libpng 1.6.0 - All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
A potential heap overflow issue · Issue #302 · glennrp/libpng · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE-2021-4214 MISC security-tracker.debian.org
CVE-2021-4214 Libpng Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
2043393 – (CVE-2021-4214) CVE-2021-4214 libpng: hardcoded value leads to heap-overflow MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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