CVE-2011-0408

Published: Jan 18, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected (1)

Products: Libpng: Libpng

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libpng Libpng	Version 1.5.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt (unsafe URL)

Source: cret@cert.org

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt (unsafe URL)

Source: cret@cert.org

http://osvdb.org/70417

Source: cret@cert.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/42863

Source: cret@cert.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024955

Source: cret@cert.org

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140

Source: cret@cert.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080

Source: cret@cert.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637

Source: cret@cert.org

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt (unsafe URL)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt (unsafe URL)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://osvdb.org/70417

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/42863

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024955

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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