NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpng1.6 package, versions <1.6.27-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBPNG16-296449
- published 30 Jan 2017
- disclosed 30 Jan 2017
Introduced: 30 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-10087 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
libpng1.6
to version 1.6.27-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng1.6
package and not the libpng1.6
package as distributed by Debian:10
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
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.