CPANSA-Tk-2016-10087-libpng: Tk vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release date | 2017-01-30T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2017-01-30T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 7.5 | Severity | High |
| Original language | Language | en | |
| Also referred to | |||
Vulnerability Description
The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-10087
Vulnerability DescriptionThe png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.
| Weakness | CWE-476 : NULL Pointer Dereference |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||||||
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| Tk greater than 804.024 and less than or equal 804.027 |
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References
- CPANSA-Tk-2016-10087-libpng JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2017/cpansa-tk-2016-10087-libpng.json - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/4 external
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/4 - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/29/2 external
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/29/2 - http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95157 external
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95157 - https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-74 external
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-74 - https://usn.ubuntu.com/3712-2/ external
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3712-2/ - https://usn.ubuntu.com/3712-1/ external
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3712-1/ - https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E external
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E - https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E external
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E - CVE-2016-10087 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10087
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 2017 | First release |
Sharing rules
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