Off-by-one error in ICC profile chunk handling in the png_set_iCCP function in pngset.c in libpng before 1.0.29 beta1 and 1.2.x before…

Description

Off-by-one error in ICC profile chunk handling in the png_set_iCCP function in pngset.c in libpng before 1.0.29 beta1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 beta1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image that prevents a name field from being NULL terminated.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (33)

• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 35386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [png-mng-implement] 20070911 FW: Suspicious `sizeof' line 694 of pngset.c (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 1020521 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 259989 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 35302 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA08-150A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 27284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-05-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200805-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• [png-mng-implement] 20070914 libpng-1.0.29beta1 and libpng-1.2.21beta1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200711-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SSA:2007-325-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 20071112 FLEA-2007-0065-1 libpng (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25957 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20080304 CORE-2008-0124: Multiple vulnerabilities in Google's Android SDK (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 27629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5266](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5266.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5266)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:24 UTC.