CVE-2009-0040 | BDVDB-2026-35106 Detail
Description#
The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33976
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34140
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34464
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.