Chunked Integrity
by sealldev
๐ฉ CTFs DawgCTF 2025 forensics
Chunked Integrity / DawgCTF 2025
We are given a funnyCat.png that has content missing from the bottom, appearing to have been โcroppedโ or corrupted.

We can use a checkpng utility to check if there are any issues with the image:
$ pngcheck ./funnyCat.png
./funnyCat.png illegal (unless recently approved) unknown, public chunk EDAT
Generally the data blocks are IDAT not EDAT, so letโs fix that in a hex editor.

Once modified we can reopen the file and get the flag:

Flag: DawgCTF{C0rrup7_Chunkz}
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