ghsa-8m2c-g35f-jj8v
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:24
Modified
2025-04-11 03:48
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-2501"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2011-07-17T20:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.",
  "id": "GHSA-8m2c-g35f-jj8v",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T03:48:39Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:24:26Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717084"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68517"
    },
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      "url": "http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062720.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/45492"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/49660"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml"
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      "url": "http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=BANLkTikrnU6FJNQYFvwmt78hwpgKPVRd1Q%40mail.gmail.com\u0026forum_name=png-mng-implement"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/13"
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48474"
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      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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