vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2021-4214: libpng1.6 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 24, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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