CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2018-14550 — An issue has been found in third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35

High CVSS 8.8

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.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.8 (3.1)
Published
2019-07-10
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Affected products

  • libpng / libpng / 1.6.35
  • oracle / hyperion_infrastructure_technology / 11.1.2.6.0
  • oracle / mysql_workbench
  • netapp / active_iq_unified_manager
  • netapp / oncommand_api_services

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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