Security readout for executives and security teams
A malformed PNG can crash applications that use vulnerable libpng when palette handling encounters an empty or missing palette. The documented impact is denial of service, not data theft or code execution. Business urgency is highest where PNG files are accepted from customers, websites, email, document workflows, or automated image-processing pipelines. Exposure is likely in products, servers, desktop applications, or embedded workflows that process untrusted PNG images using libpng before 1.6.8 or vendor-packaged affected builds. The source bundle does not enumerate precise CPEs, so local software inventory and vendor advisories are required. Treat as a moderate availability risk. It is unlikely to justify emergency response unless PNG processing supports critical services, but it should be remediated through normal patch cycles with priority for internet-facing upload and image-processing systems. Mitigation focus: Update libpng to 1.6.8 or a vendor-supported patched package.; Apply relevant distribution advisories for Red Hat, Gentoo, Fedora, openSUSE, IBM, or other affected vendors.; Prioritize systems that ingest PNG files from untrusted users or automated feeds..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2014:0414CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2014:0413CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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