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CVE-2018-14550

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14550 is a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the get_token function of pnm2png.c, affecting third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35, as well as NetApp and Oracle products. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a low-complexity network attack requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:hyperion_infrastructure_technology:11.1.2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_api_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0355 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: libpngFixed in: 1.6.37
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

nugetGHSA-qwwr-qc2p-6283high

Out-of-bounds write in libpng

Mar 22, 2021
redhatCVE-2018-14550Moderate

libpng: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c:get_token() potentially leading to arbitrary code execution

Jul 21, 2018

References

github.com / fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / glennrp/libpng/issues/246
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-02
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221028-0001
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory