NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpng-static package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.53% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBPNGSTATIC-1342223
  • 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 RHEL:7 libpng-static.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng-static package and not the libpng-static package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.