CVE-2018-14550

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-07-21
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1608800: CVE-2018-14550 libpng: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c:get_token() potentially leading to arbitrary code execution

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14550 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of libpng as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable code.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 libpng Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libpng Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libpng12 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libpng Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libpng Not affected

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