CVE-2006-0481 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Roelofs Libpng

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 16.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Greg Roelofs Libpng
Timeline
PublishedJan 31
Latest updateMay 3

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: securitytracker.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g542-vx79-g9v8: Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2006-0481: Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1↗2006-01-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
security flaw↗2004-12-03
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-0481 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-0481 libpng heap based buffer overflow↗2006-01-31
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CVE-2006-0481 — Greg Roelofs Libpng vulnerability | cvebase