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Medium
CVE-2007-5269
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before...
Vulnerability Description
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00356.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-460.htm
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00353.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27093
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31712
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00072.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27529
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27405
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27746
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0992.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3390
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31713
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3.0.6.32.20071004082318.012a7628%40mail.comcast.net&forum_name=png-mng-implement
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27391
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25956
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27369
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018849
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10614
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327791
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27492
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-538-1
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
- http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=337461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27629
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.28
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 8th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.