CVE-2010-0205 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-0205

The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53,...

Vulnerability Description

The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.

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, mac os x, fedora, opensuse, linux enterprise server, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.0, 1.2.0, 1.4.0, 0, 11, 12, 13, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 9, 10, 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 5.0, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 3rd, 2010
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.