CVE-2006-3334

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3334
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-30 23:05:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:46:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "chunk error processing," possibly involving the "chunk_name".

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.0 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.1 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.10 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.2 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.3 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.4 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.5 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.6 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.7 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.7rc1 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.8 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.9 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.0 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.1 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.10 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.2 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.3 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.4 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.5 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.6 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.7 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.7rc1 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.8 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.9 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Security Update 2008-002 CONFIRM docs.info.apple.com
Mandriva update for libpng - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libpng: Buffer overflow GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for chromium - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for doxygen - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SourceForge.net: Files CONFIRM sourceforge.net
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Libpng Graphics Library Chunk Error Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 APPLE lists.apple.com
[#RPL-517] libpng vulnerable to local exploit - rPath JIRA CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Gentoo update for povray - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
POV-Ray: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-05-14Mark J CoxOn Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 this is a two-byte overflow into the middle of the stack and is not exploitable.
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