# CVE-2018-14047: An issue has been found in PNGwriter 0.7.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pngwriter/pngwriter/issues/129
- https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/pngwriter

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