NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpng-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.52% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBPNGDEVEL-1961853
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Dec 2016

Introduced: 29 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-10087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libpng-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng-devel package and not the libpng-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.