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CVE-2008-3964
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.3%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (21)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=5624&release_id=624517 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080909 CVE request (libpng) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 35386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020521 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- libpng-pngpushreadztxt-dos(44928) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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
- 31049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 259989 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 35302 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request (libpng) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- VU#889484 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 31781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [png-mng-implement] 20080918 libpng-1.0.40 and libpng-1.2.32 available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624518 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2095669&group_id=5624&atid=105624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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