CVE-2004-0597

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0597
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-11-23 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 21:34:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng All All All All
Application Microsoft Msn Messenger 6.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Msn Messenger 6.2 All All All
Application Microsoft Msn Messenger 6.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Msn Messenger 6.2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All second_edition All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All second_edition All
Application Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Messenger 5.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Messenger 5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.035] OpenPKG Security Advisory (png)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Mozilla Security Advisory CONFIRM www.mozilla.org
SCOSA-2005.49 SCO ftp.sco.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
'[FLSA-2004:2089] Updated mozilla packages fix security vulnerabilities' - MARC FEDORA marc.info
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed BID www.securityfocus.com
'UnixWare 7.1.4 : Multiple Vulnerabilities in libpng' - MARC SCO marc.info
Page not found | Core Security MISC www.coresecurity.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#388984 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-536-1 libpng DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
Adobe Reader 6.0.3 update - English, Japanese - Adobe Reader for Windows - Downloads CONFIRM www.adobe.com Patch
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Galeon, Epiphany: New releases fix vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for chromium - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
FLSA:1943 FEDORA bugzilla.fedora.us
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA05-039A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Components CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Mandriva update for doxygen - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-217A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in libpng CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#817368 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
200663 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
LibPNG Graphics Library Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-001.txt MISC scary.beasts.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Apple - Lists.apple.com APPLE lists.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-009 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
20050209 MSN Messenger PNG Image Buffer Overflow Download Shellcoded Exploit BUGTRAQ marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libpng: Numerous vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
#114816: GNOME 2.0.0: libpng Patchjava.lang.NullPointerException CONFIRM sunsolve.sun.com
2004-0040 TRUSTIX www.trustix.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[security bulletin] SSRTSSRT4778 Rev.0 Mozilla Application Suite for HP Tru64 UNIX libpng Potential' - MARC HP marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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