Out-of-Bounds Affecting libpng package, versions <2:1.2.49-2.el6_7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.66% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBPNG-2503193
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Jan 2016

Introduced: 21 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 libpng to version 2:1.2.49-2.el6_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-2594.

NVD Description

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

Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.

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