CVE-2018-14048 Affecting libpng package, versions <1.6.37-r0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.21% (59th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE38-LIBPNG-453172
- published 13 Jul 2018
- disclosed 13 Jul 2018
Introduced: 13 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-14048 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.8 libpng to version 1.6.37-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng package and not the libpng package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue has been found in libpng 1.6.34. It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to the recommended error handling for png_read_image.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/30
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14048
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14048
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-02
- https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng
- https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/238
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152561/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libpng-Updates.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-14048