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CVE-2015-8472

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Date: January 21, 2016

Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (35)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.20/

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.65/

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2594.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8472

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.25/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.55/

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.18/

Url: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10148

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174905.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206167

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78624

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2596.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/6

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174936.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175073.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8472

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2595.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8472

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8472

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 1.0.65,1.2.55,1.4.18,1.5.25,1.6.20

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CVSS v3

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-8472

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Date: January 21, 2016

Language: C

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