CVE-2020-27818

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CVSS 3.1

3.3 low

EPSS

1%p67

Published

Dec 8, 2020 (Dec 8, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: libpng fedoraproject debian
Products: pngcheck, extra packages for enterprise linux, fedora, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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