CVE-2007-5269
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.77% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- libpng/libpng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27093Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27391
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27405
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27529
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27629
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3.0.6.32.20071004082318.012a7628%40mail.comcast.net&forum_name=png-mng-implementPatch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.