Re: CVE request: pngcrush-1.3.35 through 1.7.88 segfault when run with "-loco" option

[Glenn Randers-Pehrson <glennrp () gmail com>]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 3:33 PM, <cve-assign () mitre org> wrote:

> Our understanding is that pngcrush is a command-line program, and that
> the bug is largely equivalent to a scenario in which the "-loco"
> functionality had not been implemented.

There are web services that compress PNG files, using pngcrush
as their compression engine.  I haven't found any that allow users
to specify the "-loco" option, though.


> We probably would need a threat model in which the victim cannot
> recover from the attack by simply avoiding all subsequent use of the
> "-loco" option, e.g., a segfault that realistically could lead to code
> execution.

OK, I'm withdrawing the request for a CVE number.

Glenn