Out-of-Bounds Affecting libpng package, versions [,1.0.58)[1.2.0, 1.2.48)[1.5.0, 1.5.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.93% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBPNG-2335008
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libpng to version 1.0.58, 1.2.48, 1.5.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The png_push_read_zTXt function in pngpread.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.58, 1.2.x before 1.2.48, 1.4.x before 1.4.10, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large avail_in field value in a PNG image.

CVSS Scores

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