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CVE-2008-6218

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-d

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.02549
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
libpngall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.1
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD20 Feb 2009 · 05:30 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0478Moderate
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References & Sources

16
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/32418Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34265
http://secunia.com/advisories/34320
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635463&group_id=5624Patch
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