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Status published
High
CVE-2015-8472
Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65,...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.
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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.65/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.20/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.25/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2596.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10148
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/6
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.55/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78624
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174905.html
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.18/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175073.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2594.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174936.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.64, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 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, 1.2.27, 1.2.28, 1.2.29, 1.2.30, 1.2.31, 1.2.32, 1.2.33, 1.2.34, 1.2.35, 1.2.36, 1.2.37, 1.2.38, 1.2.39, 1.2.40, 1.2.41, 1.2.42, 1.2.43, 1.2.44, 1.2.45, 1.2.46, 1.2.47, 1.2.48, 1.2.49, 1.2.50, 1.2.51, 1.2.52, 1.2.53, 1.2.54, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 1.4.13, 1.4.14, 1.4.15, 1.4.16, 1.4.17, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.5.9, 1.5.10, 1.5.11, 1.5.12, 1.5.13, 1.5.14, 1.5.15, 1.5.16, 1.5.17, 1.5.18, 1.5.19, 1.5.20, 1.5.21, 1.5.22, 1.5.23, 1.5.24, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9, 1.6.10, 1.6.11, 1.6.12, 1.6.13, 1.6.14, 1.6.15, 1.6.16, 1.6.17, 1.6.18, 1.6.19
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 21st, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.