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CVE-2015-8540

Date: April 14, 2016

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (22)

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

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8540

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

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/7

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/1

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/6

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/2

Url: http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/10

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8540

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80592

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8540

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

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:	9.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-8540

Date: April 14, 2016

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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