CVE-2018-14047

low-risk

Published 2018-07-13

An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0. It is a SEGV in pngwriter::readfromfile in pngwriter.cc. NOTE: there is a "Warning: PNGwriter was never designed for reading untrusted files with it. Do NOT use this in sensitive environments, especially DO NOT read PNGs from unknown sources with it!" statement in the master/README.md file

Do I need to act?

0.17% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Pngwriter

Affected Vendors

Pngwriter Project

References (4)

Exploit https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter

Exploit https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129

Exploit https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter

Exploit https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal