The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows…

Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-824 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-824 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (81)

• RHSA-2009:0315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• GLSA-200903-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• DSA-1830 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0340 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1020521 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 34388 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SSA:2009-083-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 36096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [png-mng-implement] 20090219 libpng-1.2.35 and libpng-1.0.43 fix security vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0325 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 259989 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 35302 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33976 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• libpng-pointer-arrays-code-execution(48819) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 34140 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-2045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 34464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34145 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20090529 VMSA-2009-0007 VMware Hosted products and ESX and ESXi patches resolve security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 35379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20090821 VMSA-2009-0010 VMware Hosted products update libpng and Apache HTTP Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34143 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-2882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-1750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-2884 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SSA:2009-083-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 33970 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• [security-announce] 20090820 VMSA-2009-0010 VMware Hosted products update libpng and Apache HTTP Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34462 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-1976 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• VU#649212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 34324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20090312 rPSA-2009-0046-1 libpng (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 33990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35258 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33827 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA09-218A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 34320 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=Document (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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:17 UTC.