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CVE-2009-0040

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

2 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.8/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
1.2.0 1.2.35
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 1.0.43
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 3.0
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 10.5.8
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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