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CVE-2010-2249

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.01567
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules6 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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Affected Products & Versions

15
libpng< 1.2.44
libpng>= 1.4.0 and < 1.4.3
apple itunes< 10.2
apple safari< 5.0.4
apple iphone os>= 2.0 and <= 4.1
apple tvos< 4.1.0
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

6
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location
productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32
productinformationalLocked Workstation
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD30 Jun 2010 · 06:30 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2010:0534Important
usnUSN-960-1
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References & Sources

40
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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