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CVE-2008-6218

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Description

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46115

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2917

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021104

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31920

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501767/100/0/threaded

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635837

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635463&group_id=5624

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/34388

http://secunia.com/advisories/34320

http://secunia.com/advisories/34265

http://secunia.com/advisories/32418

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-02-20

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02682

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