CVE-2009-0040 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0040

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x...

Vulnerability Description

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.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libpng, iphone os, mac os x, opensuse, linux enterprise, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, debian linux, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.2.0, 10.3, 11.0, 11.1, 9.0, 10.0, 10, 4.0, 5.0, 9

Timeline

Official Publish: February 22nd, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.