pngrtran.c in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 use (1) logical instead of bitwise operations and (2) incorrect comparisons,…

Description

pngrtran.c in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 use (1) logical instead of bitwise operations and (2) incorrect comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.1% · top 12% 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

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (38)

• 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
• 27093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
• 27405 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3390 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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
• [png-mng-implement] 20071004 Libpng-1.2.21 and libpng-1.0.29 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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
• 25956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
• USN-538-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
• [png-mng-implement] 20070911 FW: Compiler warnings for pngrtran.c (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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
• 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)

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