Security advisory

{
  "id": "85831e006d906e9b7d2805c43aab2717feef6943b46f497e1c3aa16c542e2dbe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41440",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-41440",
    "summary": "A heap buffer overflow in the function png_quantize() of hicolor v0.5.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PNG file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-41440",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-41440",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-41440"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dbohdan/hicolor",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "358fc2d4dfd04229b3279f1cd021882d1bfe1268"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "358fc2d4dfd04229b3279f1cd021882d1bfe1268"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dbohdan:hicolor:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.5.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.5.0",
            "v0.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-41440.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.498527273Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32",
        "https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/poc",
        "https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/poc/sample18.png",
        "https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/vulDescription.assets/image-20240530225208577.png",
        "https://github.com/Helson-S/FuzzyTesting/blob/master/hicolor/heapof-w1-png_quantize-cli-220c32/vulDescription.md",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/41xxx/CVE-2024-41440.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41440"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/41xxx/CVE-2024-41440.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-41440",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 498667,
  "published_at": "2024-07-30T00:00:00+00:00"
}