7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-35511

Published: 23/08/2022 Updated: 02/02/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

A global buffer overflow exists in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a crafted png file.

Vulnerability Trend

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libpng pngcheck 2.4.0

debian debian linux 10.0

debian debian linux 11.0

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #1021278 pngcheck: CVE-2020-35511 Package: src:pngcheck; Maintainer for src:pngcheck is David da Silva Polverari <davidpolverari@gmailcom>; Reported by: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 19:57:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security, upstream Reply or subscribe ...
Multiple security issues were discovered in pngcheck, a tool to verify the integrity of PNG, JNG and MNG files, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 303-1~deb11u1 We recommend that you upgrade your pngcheck packages For the detailed secu ...