CVE-2007-5269
Libpng Denial of Service DoS
Description
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
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Published Date :
Oct. 8, 2007, 9:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261 Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html Added Reference http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27093 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27284 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27369 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27391 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27405 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27492 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27529 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27629 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27662 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27746 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31712 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31713 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34388 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35302 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35386 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323 Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3.0.6.32.20071004082318.012a7628%40mail.comcast.net&forum_name=png-mng-implement Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-460.htm Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm Added Reference http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0992.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25956 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018849 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-538-1 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3390 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327791 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=337461 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10614 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00072.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00353.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00356.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10614 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10614 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2007
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11.92 }} -11.42%
score
0.93110
percentile