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High
CVE-2015-8540
Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng...
Vulnerability Description
Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
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://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/2
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/7
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80592
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/10
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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enterprise linux desktop supplementary, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server supplementary, enterprise linux workstation supplementary, libpng, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 6.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 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, 1.2.55, 1.1.1, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 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, 1.0.24, 1.0.25, 1.0.26, 1.0.27, 1.0.28, 1.0.29, 1.0.30, 1.0.31, 1.0.32, 1.0.33, 1.0.34, 1.0.35, 1.0.37, 1.0.38, 1.0.39, 1.0.40, 1.0.41, 1.0.42, 1.0.43, 1.0.44, 1.0.45, 1.0.46, 1.0.47, 1.0.48, 1.0.50, 1.0.51, 1.0.52, 1.0.53, 1.0.54, 1.0.55, 1.0.56, 1.0.57, 1.0.58, 1.0.59, 1.0.60, 1.0.61, 1.0.62, 1.0.63, 1.0.64, 1.0.65, 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, 1.4.18, 0.90, 0.95, 0.96, 0.97, 0.98, 0.99, 1.5.0, 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, 1.5.25, 1.3.0, 23
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 14th, 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.