CVE-2015-0973 (GCVE-0-2015-0973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-01-18 18:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:25
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.
References
cret@cert.org http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/62725 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org http://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/33173461/ Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt Exploit
cret@cert.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/3 Exploit
cret@cert.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0005/
cret@cert.org https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/62725 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/33173461/ Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/3 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0005/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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