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CVE-2009-0040

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other application

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.08276

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Weakness Classification

CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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Affected Products & Versions

10

libpng< 1.0.43
libpng>= 1.2.0 and < 1.2.35
apple iphone os< 3.0
apple mac os x< 10.5.8
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterpriseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
Show all 10 affected productsdebian linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

6.8

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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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:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD22 Feb 2009 · 10:30 PM

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Vendor Advisories

13

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10971-1
Show all 13 vendor advisoriessuse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10972-1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0478Moderate
usnUSN-730-1
usnUSN-728-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:0315Critical
rhsaRHSA-2009:0325Critical
rhsaRHSA-2009:0333Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2009:0340Moderate

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References & Sources

80

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txtBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txtProduct

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.htmlMailing List

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlMailing List

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlMailing List

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlBroken LinkMailing List

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.htmlMailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.htmlMailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.htmlMailing List

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.htmlBroken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/33970Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33976Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34137Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34140Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34143Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34145Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34152Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34210Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34265Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34272Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34320Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34324Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34388Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34462Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/34464Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/35074Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/35258Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/35302Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/35386Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/36096Broken Link

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420Mailing List

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.433952Mailing List

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.comBroken Link

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441Broken Link

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1Broken Link

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1Broken Link

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549Third Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Third Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639Third Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757Third Party Advisory

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htmBroken Link

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htmBroken Link

http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=DocumentBroken Link

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750Mailing List

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830Mailing List

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649212Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:075Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.htmlBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501767/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33827Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33990Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0473Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172Broken Link

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316Broken Link

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6458Broken Link

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.htmlMailing List

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.htmlMailing List

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