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CRITICAL
CVE-2004-0597
Apache libpng Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 23, 2004, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 12, 2018, 9:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2004-0597 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-0597 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_media_player
2 Microsoft windows_messenger
3 Microsoft windows_98se
4 Microsoft windows_me
5 Microsoft msn_messenger
1 Greg_roelofs libpng
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-0597.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000856
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109163866717909&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109181639602978&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761239318458&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796779903455&w=2
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-001.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22957
http://secunia.com/advisories/22958
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200663-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114816-02-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2679 Patch
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=421&idxseccion=10
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-536 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-03.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-22.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/388984 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817368 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:079
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:212
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:213
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_23_libpng.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-402.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-429.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10857 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0040/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-217A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16894
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11284
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2274
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2378
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4492
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A594
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7709

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Shell C Assembly Makefile C++

Updated: 3 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 5:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

C Perl 6 Perl ASP HTML Rich Text Format Visual Basic TeX Assembly Shell

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 1:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 308 different CVEs too.

Introductory presentation on stack-based buffer overflows

security exploit-development exploit-exercises

Makefile Shell Assembly C

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 6, 2018, 5:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

The vm images in this repo are lost, we recommend our new project: https://github.com/hust-open-atom-club/S2VulnHub

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Shell C Perl PHP TeX Python Assembly Makefile HTML XSLT

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
327 stars 70 fork 70 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2015, 10:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 309 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2004-0597 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-0597 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-009.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-009 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11284 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:594 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2274 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4492 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2378 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7709 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7709 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A594 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4492 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2378 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2274 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11284 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16894 [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16894 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109163866717909&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110796779903455&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109761239318458&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109181639602978&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109163866717909&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761239318458&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109181639602978&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796779903455&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-0597 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-0597 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.26 }} -0.15%

score

0.99571

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability