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CVE-2018-14047

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

Score
5.5 medium
Published
2018-07-13
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
graphics/pngwriterpngwriter0.7.0_2unaddressedports@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>pngwriter</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2018-14047</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14047</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2018-07-13</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>