Numeric Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pngcrush  (opens in a new tab)


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0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PNGCRUSH-627342
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed6 Oct 2017

Introduced: 6 Oct 2017

CVE-2015-2158  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pngcrush package and not the pngcrush package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.