CVE-2002-0728

Published: Aug 12, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.

Affected (2)

Products: Greg Roelofs: Libpng

Greg Roelofs

1 product

Libpng

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Greg Roelofs Libpng	Version 1.0.14
Greg Roelofs Libpng	Version 1.2.4

References (10)

ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207 (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000512

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-049.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207 (unsafe URL)