CVE-2019-8383
advancecomp: denial of service in function adv_png_unfilter_8 in lib/png.c
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · February 16, 2019
Updated · June 27, 2026
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.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of advancecomp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Low. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.9CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound