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CVE-2009-0040

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.

Published

2009-02-22T22:30:00.203

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-824
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application libpng libpng < 1.0.43 Yes
Application libpng libpng < 1.2.35 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os < 3.0 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x < 10.5.8 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 10.3 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 11.0 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 11.1 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise 9.0 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise 10.0 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_server 10 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 4.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 5.0 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 9 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 10 Yes
References