Memory Leak Affecting libpng package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBPNG-294310
  • published11 Jan 2019
  • disclosed11 Jan 2019

Introduced: 11 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6129  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libpng.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng package and not the libpng package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

png_create_info_struct in png.c in libpng 1.6.36 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by pngcp. NOTE: a third party has stated "I don't think it is libpng's job to free this buffer.