usn-2861-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-01-06 17:36
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
libpng vulnerabilities
Details

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-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain malformed images. 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. (CVE-2015-8540)

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  "affected": [
    {
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              "id": "CVE-2015-8472",
              "severity": [
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
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                },
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                }
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          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0",
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpng3",
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          }
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng@1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "1.2.49-5ubuntu1",
        "1.2.50-1ubuntu1",
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        "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It 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-2015-8472)\n\nQixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed images. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked\ninto opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to\ncause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8540)\n",
  "id": "USN-2861-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2016-01-06T17:36:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2861-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8472"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8540"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libpng vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8472",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540"
  ]
}



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