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Improper Input Validation Affecting libpng package, versions <2:1.5.13-8.amzn2

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.79% (91st percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBPNG-1687687
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 10 Jul 2019
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Introduced: 10 Jul 2019

CVE-2017-12652 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libpng to version 2:1.5.13-8.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1528.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng package and not the libpng package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit.