FKIE_CVE-2011-0408

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-01-18 18:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
Summary
pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
cret@cert.orgftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt
cret@cert.orgftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt
cret@cert.orghttp://osvdb.org/70417
cret@cert.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/42863Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1024955
cret@cert.orghttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/70417
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42863Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1024955
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libpng libpng 1.5.0

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      ],
      "source": "cret@cert.org"
    }
  ],
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      "value": "pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "pngrtran.c en libpng v1.5.x anterior a v1.5.1 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de aplicaci\u00f3n) o posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de una imagen PNG manipulada que provoca un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer, relacionados con la funci\u00f3n png_do_expand_palette, la funci\u00f3n png_do_rgb_to_gray, y un desbordamiento de enteros. NOTA: algunos de estos detalles han sido obtenidos de informaci\u00f3n de terceros."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2011-0408",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:27:18.127",
  "metrics": {
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          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
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  "published": "2011-01-18T18:03:08.423",
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    },
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          "value": "CWE-119"
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    }
  ]
}



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