A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the PNG png_palette_process functionality of Accusoft ImageGear 19.9.

published 2021-06-11 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-8980

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the PNG png_palette_process functionality of Accusoft ImageGear 19.9. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide malicious inputs to trigger this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1276 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Accusoft

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1276
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-21808
NVD CVE-2021-21808

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Summary