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CVE-2011-3464 (GCVE-0-2011-3464)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-22 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:37
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/47827 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2012-02-01 00:00
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