CVE-2018-14550
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
An issue has been found in third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_token in pnm2png.c in pnm2png.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libpng | Not affected (1.6.39-r0) |
| Stream | libpng | Not affected (1.6.40-r0) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | libpng | Not affected (1.6.39-r0) |
| Stream | libpng | Not affected (1.6.40-r0) |
References
- https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng#stack-buffer-overflow-in-png2pnm-in-function-get_token
- https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/246
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html