CVE-2021-4214

A heap overflow flaw was found in libpngs' pngimage.c program. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to pass a specially crafted PNG file to the pngimage utility, causing an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-08-24

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-120, CWE-787

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Libpng (Libpng)
• Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility (Netapp)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4214
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043393
• https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/302
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4214
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0001/