PT-2011-1260 · Libpng · Libpng

Torindel · Published 2011-08-31 · Updated 2012-06-15 · CVE-2006-7244

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libpng versions 1.2.13beta1 through 1.2.15beta3

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the pngwutil.c file of libpng. It allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, which can result in a memory leak or segmentation fault. This can be achieved by using a JPEG image that contains an iCCP chunk with a negative embedded profile length.

Recommendations For libpng versions 1.2.13beta1 through 1.2.15beta3, update to version 1.2.15beta3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-7244

Affected Products

Libpng

References · 5

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/159216?id=159216 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7244 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6 · Patch
• http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18 · Note