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CVE-2009-0749

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.

Published

2009-03-02T20:30:00.217

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	optipng_project	optipng	≤ 0.6.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	≤ 11.1	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise	9-11	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://optipng.sourceforge.net Product ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34035 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34201 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2582013&group_id=151404&atid=780913 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-12.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/24/2 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/4 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33873 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0510 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48879 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://optipng.sourceforge.net Product (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34035 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34201 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2582013&group_id=151404&atid=780913 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-12.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/24/2 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/4 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33873 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0510 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48879 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)