CVE-2020-27818

Description

A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0. An attacker able to pass a malicious file to be processed by pngcheck could cause a temporary denial of service, posing a low risk to application availability.

Risk Information

Base Score

3.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.163

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Verifies the integrity of PNG, JNG and MNG files (USN-6182-1) pngcheck_2.3.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb	Linux
Verifies the integrity of PNG, JNG and MNG files (USN-6182-1) pngcheck_2.3.0-7_i386.deb	Linux
Verifies the integrity of PNG, JNG and MNG files (USN-6182-1) pngcheck_2.3.0-7_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234