CVE-2004-0768 (GCVE-0-2004-0768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-08-19 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:31
VLAI
Summary
libpng 1.2.5 and earlier does not properly calculate certain buffer offsets, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-536 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2004-08-04 00:00
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