Alpine: multiple libpng packages: security update to 1.6.37-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424044

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- An issue has been found in libpng 1.6.34. It is a SEGV in the function png_free_data in png.c, related to
the recommended error handling for png_read_image. (CVE-2018-14048)

- An issue has been found in third-party PNM decoding associated with libpng 1.6.35. It is a stack-based
buffer overflow in the function get_token in pnm2png.c in pnm2png. (CVE-2018-14550)

- png_image_free in png.c in libpng 1.6.x before 1.6.37 has a use-after-free because png_image_free_function
is called under png_safe_execute. (CVE-2019-7317)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424044

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14048, CVE-2018-14550, CVE-2019-7317

BID: 108098

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