CVE-2011-2690

Description

Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.

CVSS breakdown

Affected products

• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux11.04 – 11.04
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux8.04 – 8.04
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.04 – 10.04
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.10 – 10.10
• Debian / debian_linux5.0 – 5.0
• Debian / debian_linux6.0 – 6.0
• fedoraproject / fedora14 – 14
• libpng / libpng1.0.0 – 1.0.55

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49660
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45046
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151
• MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45461
• MISChttp://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45405
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45460
• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45492
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45415