{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T10:30:14+00:00","cve":"CVE-2018-14047","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2018-14047","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2018-14047.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14047","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14047"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2018-14047","description":"** DISPUTED ** 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.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"cve@mitre.org","published_at":"2018-07-13 16:29:00","updated_at":"2023-11-07 02:52:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-119"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter","name":"https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"security/pngwriter at master · fouzhe/security · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129","name":"https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"SEGV in function pngwriter::readfromfile · Issue #129 · pngwriter/pngwriter · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14047","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14047","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"14047","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"pngwriter_project","cpe5":"pngwriter","cpe6":"0.7.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"14047","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"pngwriter_project","cpe5":"pngwriter","cpe6":"0.7.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2018-14047","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"** DISPUTED ** 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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129"},{"name":"https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter"}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2018-07-13 16:29:00","lastModifiedDate":"2023-11-07 02:52:00","problem_types":["CWE-119"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":5.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":3.6},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL","baseScore":4.3},"severity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":8.6,"impactScore":2.9,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":true}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:pngwriter_project:pngwriter:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"14047","Ordinal":"130710","Title":"CVE-2018-14047","CVE":"CVE-2018-14047","Year":"2018"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"14047","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"** DISPUTED ** 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.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"14047","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2018-07-13","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"}]}}}