CVE-2021-4214

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4214
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4214.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-4214
Downstream
Published
2022-08-24T16:15:10.037Z
Modified
2026-07-08T06:00:44.415570614Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage.c program. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to pass a specially crafted PNG file to the pngimage utility, causing an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "11.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/pnggroup/libpng

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng
Events
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.6.0-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.6.0-NA"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.0-NA
v1.*
v1.6.0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4214.json"