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CVE-2011-2501

Date: July 17, 2011

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (27)

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

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

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45289

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2501

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45486

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45046

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45460

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45405

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2501

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49660

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

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

Url: http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45492

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45415

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

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2501

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2501

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2011-2501

Date: July 17, 2011

Language: C

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