PT-2019-14984 · Lodepng+2 · Lodepng+2

Nico Waisman · Published 2015-04-01 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2019-17178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LodePNG versions through 2019-09-28

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the HuffmanTree makeFromFrequencies function in lodepng.c. This leak occurs because a supplied realloc pointer is also used for a realloc return value. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For LodePNG versions through 2019-09-28, update to a version released after 2019-09-28 to resolve the memory leak issue in the HuffmanTree makeFromFrequencies function.

Fix

Memory Leak

Unchecked Return Value

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

CWE-252

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1346

CVE-2019-17178

MGASA-2019-0401

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2604-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2608-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_2604-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_2608-1

SUSE-SU-2019:3077-1

SUSE-SU-2019:3078-1

SUSE-SU-2019:3079-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Lodepng

Suse

References · 30

• https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:3077-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17178 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:2604-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:3079-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:3078-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17178 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0401.html · Security Note