CVE-2009-5063
Memory leak in the embedded_profile_len function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.2.39beta5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in the embedded_profile_len function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.2.39beta5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative embedded profile length. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-7244.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- libpng/libpng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.