CVE-2009-0040

critical

Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

References

Advisories
More

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

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

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00771.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00769.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6458

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-0049

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0473

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33990

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33827

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threaded

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

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:075

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649212

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830

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

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

http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=Document

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htm

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.com

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.433952

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420

http://secunia.com/advisories/36096

http://secunia.com/advisories/35386

http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

http://secunia.com/advisories/35302

http://secunia.com/advisories/35258

http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

http://secunia.com/advisories/34464

http://secunia.com/advisories/34462

http://secunia.com/advisories/34388

http://secunia.com/advisories/34324

http://secunia.com/advisories/34320

http://secunia.com/advisories/34272

http://secunia.com/advisories/34265

http://secunia.com/advisories/34210

http://secunia.com/advisories/34152

http://secunia.com/advisories/34145

http://secunia.com/advisories/34143

http://secunia.com/advisories/34140

http://secunia.com/advisories/34137

http://secunia.com/advisories/33976

http://secunia.com/advisories/33970

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-02-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06781