CVE-2021-4214
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:19 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxONTAP Select Deploy administration utilityLibpng
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043393Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4214Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0001/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120CWE-787
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