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MEDIUM
CVE-2013-6954
Libpng NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability
Description

The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 12, 2014, 6:34 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 5, 2018, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-6954 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 Libpng 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-2013-6954.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c Exploit Patch
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/ Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142 US Government Resource
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-6954 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]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2014

    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-2013-6954 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-2013-6954 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

13.29 }} 2.86%

score

0.95047

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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