usn-2815-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Mikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large fields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3425)
Qixue Xiao discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain time values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7981)
It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8126)
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2015-7981",
"severity": [
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-8126",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libpng12-0",
"binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libpng3",
"binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "libpng",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng@1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.2.49-4ubuntu1",
"1.2.49-5ubuntu1",
"1.2.50-1ubuntu1",
"1.2.50-1ubuntu2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Mikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large\nfields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause\nlibpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3425)\n\nQixue Xiao discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain time values.\nIf a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a\nspecially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to\ncrash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7981)\n\nIt was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth\nvalues. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause\na denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user\ninvoking the program. (CVE-2015-8126)\n",
"id": "USN-2815-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
"published": "2015-11-19T19:01:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2815-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3425"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7981"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8126"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "libpng vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3425",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7981",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8126"
]
}
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