Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libpng-static package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBPNGSTATIC-2834122
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed10 Dec 2015
Introduced: 10 Dec 2015
CVE-2015-8540 (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.
Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80592
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8540
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/10
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0099
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0101
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E