CVE-2024-41443 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 30 Jul 2024 Updated 19 Mar 2025

Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PNG file due to a stack overflow in the hicolor library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-41443?

CVE-2024-41443 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A stack overflow in the function cp_dynamic() (/vendor/cute_png.h) of hicolor v0.5.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PNG file.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41443?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dbohdan Hicolor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-41443?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-41443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hm79-2wxc-w993.