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CVE-2006-0481

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.

Published

2006-01-31T18:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	greg_roelofs	libpng	1.2.7	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.8-README.txt ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18654 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18863 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015615 Patch ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015617 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0205.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16626 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0393 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179455 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24396 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10780 ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.8-README.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18654 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18863 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015615 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015617 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0205.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16626 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0393 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179455 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24396 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10780 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)