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Oracle OpenJDK 'libpng' Vulnerability (CVE-2018-14048)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Oracle OpenJDK is prone to a vulnerability in libpng.
Insight
Insight
An issue has been found in libpng 1.6.34 as used in Oracle OpenJDK. It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to the recommended error handling for png_read_image.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Oracle OpenJDK versions 8u181 (1.8.0.181), 7u191 (1.7.0.191), 6u201 (1.6.0.201) and prior.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.