Description
Off-by-one error in the png_formatted_warning function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.5.4 through 1.5.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LIBPNG
- Published
- 7/22/2012
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
libpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpnglibpng : libpng
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