VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6954
The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 4.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.69% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- libpng/libpng
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968cExploit, Patch
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/Patch
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142US Government Resource
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.