Input validation error in libpng - CVE-2017-12652
Published: July 15, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19180
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12652
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libpng
Affected software:
libpng
libpng
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in libpng when checking the chuck length against the user limit. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted PNG image and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12652
Install updates from vendor's website.