CVE-2011-2501

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Description

The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.

References

http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng;a=commit;h=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062720.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/45046

http://secunia.com/advisories/45289

http://secunia.com/advisories/45405

http://secunia.com/advisories/45415

http://secunia.com/advisories/45460

http://secunia.com/advisories/45486

http://secunia.com/advisories/45492

http://secunia.com/advisories/49660

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.617466

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=BANLkTikrnU6FJNQYFvwmt78hwpgKPVRd1Q%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/13

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/16

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48474

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717084

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68517

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2011-07-17

Updated: 2020-08-06

Type: CWE-125

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (23 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124924EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : libpng (EulerOS-SA-2019-1421)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
75913openSUSE Security Update : libpng14 (libpng14-4949)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
75911openSUSE Security Update : libpng12 (libpng12-4947)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
75604openSUSE Security Update : libpng14 (libpng14-4949)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
75603openSUSE Security Update : libpng12 (libpng12-4947)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
68318Oracle Linux 6 : libpng (ELSA-2011-1105)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
61101Scientific Linux Security Update : libpng on SL6.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
59668GLSA-201206-15 : libpng: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
57218SuSE 10 Security Update : libpng (ZYPP Patch Number 7670)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
56529Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDVSA-2011:151)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
medium
55897SuSE 10 Security Update : libpng (ZYPP Patch Number 7669)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
55896SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libpng (SAT Patch Number 4948)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
55895SuSE9 Security Update : libpng (YOU Patch Number 12815)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
55738Fedora 14 : libpng-1.2.46-1.fc14 (2011-9336)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
55735Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libpng (SSA:2011-210-01)NessusSlackware Local Security Checks
medium
55727RHEL 6 : libpng (RHSA-2011:1105)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
55721Debian DSA-2287-1 : libpng - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
55699Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : libpng vulnerabilities (USN-1175-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
55655Fedora 14 : libpng10-1.0.55-1.fc14 (2011-8867)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
55654Fedora 15 : libpng10-1.0.55-1.fc15 (2011-8844)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
55612Fedora 15 : libpng-1.2.46-1.fc15 (2011-9343)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
55600Fedora 15 : mingw32-libpng-1.4.3-3.fc15 (2011-8874)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
55599Fedora 14 : mingw32-libpng-1.4.3-2.fc14 (2011-8868)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium