CVE-2008-3964
Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the png_push_read_zTXt function in pngread.c, and possibly related to (2) pngtest.c.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.34% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-193
- Affected
- libpng/libpng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31781Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33137Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=e56ccc8f0809180317u6a5306fg14683947affb3e1b%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implementThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=5624&release_id=624517Product, Third Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624518Broken Link, Patch
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2095669&group_id=5624&atid=105624Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- 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.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htmThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889484Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31049Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2512Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44928Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31781Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33137Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=e56ccc8f0809180317u6a5306fg14683947affb3e1b%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implementThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=5624&release_id=624517Product, Third Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624518Broken Link, Patch
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2095669&group_id=5624&atid=105624Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.