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CVE-2011-2690

Date: July 17, 2011

Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (25)

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

Url: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538

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

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

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2690

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2690

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/45461

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

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

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607

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

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

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2690

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2690

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2011-2690

Date: July 17, 2011

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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