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CVE-2018-14550 libpng

Affected softwarelibpng
Severity8.8 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessOut-of-bounds write (CWE-787)
Published10 Jul 2019
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An issue has been found in third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_token in pnm2png.c in pnm2png.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 7 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 3.5% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

8.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 6.8 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

5 products, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd libpng libpng generic 1.6.35
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand api services generic any version
nvd oracle hyperion infrastructure technology generic 11.1.2.6.0
nvd oracle mysql workbench generic ≤ 8.0.23

References

URLTags
https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng#stack-buffer-overflow-in-png2pnm-in-function-get_token Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/246 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-02 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2019-07-10By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.