CVE-2010-2249

MEDIUM

libpng < 1.2.44 and 1.4.x < 1.4.3 - Denial of Service via Malformed sCAL Chunk

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

References (40)

Core 40
Core References
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40472
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608644
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40302
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40336
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59816
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1
Product, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40547
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_slackware
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0157
EPSS Percentile 81.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (20)
apple/iphone_os 2.0 - 4.1
apple/itunes < 10.2
apple/safari < 5.0.4
apple/tvos < 4.1.0
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
debian/debian_linux 5.0
... and 10 more
Published Jun 30, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026