DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27818

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27818
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27818.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27818
Upstream
Published
2020-12-08T01:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:26:45Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the checkchunkname() 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pngcheck

Package

Name
pngcheck
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pngcheck?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.0-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / pngcheck

Package

Name
pngcheck
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pngcheck?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.0-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / pngcheck

Package

Name
pngcheck
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pngcheck?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.0-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / pngcheck

Package

Name
pngcheck
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pngcheck?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.0-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}