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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-2042
libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images...
Vulnerability Description
libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via "out-of-bounds pixels" in the file.
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://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.551809
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:063
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39251
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50966
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35346
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-913-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2032
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35524
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35233
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0637
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35594
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35470
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-01.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00218.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00630.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0847
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.89c, 0.95, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13, 1.0.14, 1.0.15, 1.0.16, 1.0.17, 1.0.18, 1.0.19, 1.0.20, 1.0.21, 1.0.22, 1.0.23, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.2.16, 1.2.17, 1.2.18, 1.2.19, 1.2.20, 1.2.21, 1.2.22, 1.2.23, 1.2.24, 1.2.25, 1.2.26, 1.2.30, 1.2.31, 1.2.33, 1.2.34
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 12th, 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.