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CVE-2009-0040
published 2009-02-22

CVE-2009-0040: 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…

medium6.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACMAuNCPIPAP
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.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleiphone_os< 3.03.0
applemac_os_x< 10.5.810.5.8
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
libpnglibpng< 1.0.431.0.43
libpnglibpng>= 1.2.0 < 1.2.351.2.35
opensuseopensuse
opensuseopensuse
opensuseopensuse
suselinux_enterprise
suselinux_enterprise
suselinux_enterprise_desktop
suselinux_enterprise_server
vmwarevmware_esxi
vmwarevmware_fusion
vmwarevmware_tools
vmwarevmware_workstation