High
Security advisory
A global buffer overflow was discovered in pngcheck function in pngcheck-2.4.0(5 patches applied) via a crafted png file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-35511
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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