Published: 17/07/2011 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The png_err function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x prior to 1.0.55, 1.2.x prior to 1.2.45, 1.4.x prior to 1.4.8, and 1.5.x prior to 1.5.4 makes a function call using a NULL pointer argument instead of an empty-string argument, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image.

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Debian Bug report logs - #633871 Three security issues Package: libpng; Maintainer for libpng is Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <muehlenhoff@univentionde> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:36:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Fixed in versions libpng/1246-1, libpng/154- ...

Debian Bug report logs - #632786 CVE-2011-2501 libpng: regression of CVE-2004-0421 in 1223+ Package: libpng; Maintainer for libpng is Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debianorg>; Reported by: Aníbal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debianorg> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 23:03:02 UTC Severity: critical Tags: patch, security F ...

The PNG library libpng has been affected by several vulnerabilities The most critical one is the identified as CVE-2011-2690 Using this vulnerability, an attacker is able to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data controlled by her via a crafted PNG image The other vulnerabilities are less critical and allow an attacker to cause a cras ...

CWE-476 http://secunia.com/advisories/45046 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2 http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720608 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287 http://secunia.com/advisories/45405 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html http://secunia.com/advisories/45492 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151 http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68537 http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9dad5e37aef295b4ef8dea39392b652deebc9261 https://nvd.nist.gov https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633871 https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-2287

CVE-2011-2691

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