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Ziproxy PNG Image Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is running Ziproxy server and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is caused by a heap overflow error in the PNG decoder when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected server or execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNG image.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Ziproxy version 3.1.0
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the latest version of Ziproxy 3.1.1 or later.