CVE catalog
CVE-2020-27818
pngcheck: CVE-2020-27818
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.22% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in the check_chunk_name() function of pngcheck-2.4.0. An attacker able to pass a malicious file to be processed by pngcheck could cause a temporary denial of service, posing a low risk to application availability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pngcheck | sid | 4.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pngcheck | forky | 4.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pngcheck | trixie | 3.0.3-3 | fixed |
| Debian | pngcheck | bookworm | 3.0.3-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pngcheck | pro | 2.3.0-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pngcheck | pro | 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pngcheck | 20.04 | 2.3.0-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pngcheck | 20.04 | 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | pngcheck | tumbleweed | 3.0.0-1.7 | fixed |
| Opensuse | pngcheck | leap 15.2 | 2.3.0-lp152.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | pngcheck | package hub 15 sp2 | 2.3.0-bp152.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | pngcheck | package hub 15 sp1 | 2.3.0-bp151.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | pngcheck | leap 15.1 | 2.3.0-lp151.3.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pngcheck | source | sid | 2.3.0-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [976350] |
| Debian | pngcheck | source | forky | 2.3.0-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [976350] |
| Debian | pngcheck | source | trixie | 2.3.0-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [976350] |
| Debian | pngcheck | source | bookworm | 2.3.0-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [976350] |
| Ubuntu | pngcheck | deb | pro | 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-6182-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pngcheck | deb | 20.04 | 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Not reported | USN-6182-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | pngcheck | rpm | tumbleweed | 3.0.0-1.7 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11176-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | pngcheck | rpm | leap 15.2 | 2.3.0-lp152.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2177-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | pngcheck | rpm | package hub 15 sp2 | 2.3.0-bp152.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2220-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | pngcheck | rpm | package hub 15 sp1 | 2.3.0-bp151.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2227-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | pngcheck | rpm | leap 15.1 | 2.3.0-lp151.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2198-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [pngcheck]Fixed
Details (2)
3.0.3-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.3.0-13dsa · pngcheck · debian · bookworm; dsa · pngcheck · debian · 12
3.0.3-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.3.0-13dsa · pngcheck · debian · bookworm; dsa · pngcheck · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2020_2177-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27818]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3032-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6182-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2177-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2198-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2220-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2227-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11176-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27818]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-27818.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]