CVE-2018-14550

Public Exploit

Description

An issue has been found in third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_token in pnm2png.c in pnm2png.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.57% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-02 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html third party advisory patch
https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/246 exploit third party advisory patch
https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng#stack-buffer-overflow-in-png2pnm-in-function-get_token exploit third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html third party advisory patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0001/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14550?
CVE-2018-14550 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14550?
To fix CVE-2018-14550, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-14550 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14550 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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