CVE-2019-8383

HIGH

advancecomp < 2.1 - Denial of Service via Invalid Memory Access in adv_png_unfilter_8

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. An invalid memory address occurs in the function adv_png_unfilter_8 in lib/png.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/272/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2332
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (6)
advancemame/advancecomp < 2.1
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 30
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Feb 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026