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Vulnerability details: VCID-2xdm-ndp3-47f4
Vulnerability ID VCID-2xdm-ndp3-47f4
Aliases CVE-2018-14048
Summary Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions An issue has been found in libpng It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to the recommended error handling for png_read_image.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14048.json
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
epss 0.00829 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14048
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14048
Reference id Reference type URL
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152561/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libpng-Updates.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14048.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14048
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14048
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/libpng
https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/issues/238
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-02
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
1608073 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608073
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-14048 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14048
USN-5432-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5432-1/
USN-USN-5432-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5432-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14048.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14048
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14048
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74473
EPSS Score 0.00829
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:51.300054+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libpng/CVE-2018-14048.yml 38.0.0