CVE-2006-5793

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5793
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-17 23:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof operator on the wrong data type, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed sPLT chunks that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.0.6 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.0.7 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.0.8 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.0.9 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 1.2.11 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Libpng 1.2.12 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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rPath update for libpng - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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