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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35511

A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a crafted png file.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-35511

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Aug 2022, 20:15 UTC

A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a crafted png file.

osv:CVE-2020-35511
Complete source record
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