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CVE-2020-27818

Publication date 8 December 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0. An attacker able to pass a malicious file to be processed by pngcheck could cause a temporary denial of service, posing a low risk to application availability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pngcheck 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6182-1
    • pngcheck vulnerabilities
    • 21 June 2023

Other references