Medium severity5.5OSV Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14047
CVE-2018-14047
Description
An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0. It is a SEGV in pngwriter::readfromfile in pngwriter.cc. NOTE: there is a "Warning: PNGwriter was never designed for reading untrusted files with it. Do NOT use this in sensitive environments, especially DO NOT read PNGs from unknown sources with it!" statement in the master/README.md file
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriternvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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