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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-14047

An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0. It is a SEGV in pngwriter::readfromfile in pngwriter.cc. NOTE: there is a "Warning: PNGwriter was never designed for reading untrusted files with it. Do NOT use this in sensitive environments, especially DO NOT read PNGs from unknown sources with it!" statement in the master/README.md file

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31 Oct 2026, 10:26 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-14047

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Jul 2018, 16:29 UTC

An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0. It is a SEGV in pngwriter::readfromfile in pngwriter.cc. NOTE: there is a "Warning: PNGwriter was never designed for reading untrusted files with it. Do NOT use this in sensitive environments, especially DO NOT read PNGs from unknown sources with it!" statement in the master/README.md file

osv:CVE-2018-14047
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14047",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-14047",
    "summary": "An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0. It is a SEGV in pngwriter::readfromfile in pngwriter.cc. NOTE: there is a \"Warning: PNGwriter was never designed for reading untrusted files with it. Do NOT use this in sensitive environments, especially DO NOT read PNGs from unknown sources with it!\" statement in the master/README.md file",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-14047",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
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                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0.7.0"
                      },
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.7.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14047.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:19.740981154Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter",
        "https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2018-14047",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381545,
  "published_at": "2018-07-13T16:29:00.33+00:00"
}