Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the png_push_read_zTXt function in pngread.c, and possibly related to (2) pngtest.c.
References (21)
Core 21
Core References
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=5624&release_id=624517
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/3
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44928
Permissions Required vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560
Permissions Required vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31049
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/8
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889484
Permissions Required vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2512
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31781
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=e56ccc8f0809180317u6a5306fg14683947affb3e1b%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement
Broken Link, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624518
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2095669&group_id=5624&atid=105624
Scores
EPSS
0.0334
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-193
Status
published
Products (2)
libpng/libpng
1.4.0 beta1 (33 CPE variants)
libpng/libpng
< 1.2.32
Published
Sep 11, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026