CVE-2021-4214

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-4214
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-08-24T16:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-08T02:32:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-120 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4214 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043393 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/302 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4214 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0001/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4214
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4214
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-08-24 17:00:14 Added to TrackCVE