libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to…

Description

libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via "out-of-bounds pixels" in the file.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (6 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-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (27)

• SSA:2009-170-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 39206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:063 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [security-announce] 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 39251 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• libpng-interlaced-image-info-disclosure(50966) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 35346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• USN-913-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-2032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35524 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0637 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 35594 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 39215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200906-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6400 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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, 05:36 UTC.