An array-indexing error was discovered in the png_convert_to_rfc1123() function of libpng. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to cause an out-of-bounds read by tricking an unsuspecting user into processing a specially crafted PNG image.
Find out more about CVE-2015-7981 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0101 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libpng) | RHSA-2015:2594 | 2015-12-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libpng12) | RHSA-2015:2595 | 2015-12-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0101 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0099 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0099 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0100 | 2016-02-02 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libpng | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpng | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpng10 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpng | Will not fix |
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