CVE-2006-5793

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5793
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-17 23:07:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:45:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-20

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
The 'libpng' Graphics Library PNG_SET_SPLT Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
About Security Update 2008-002 CONFIRM docs.info.apple.com
Slackware update for libpng - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for libpng - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
2006-0065 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
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Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
libpng Read Error in png_set_sPLT() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
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issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-824 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Gentoo Bug 154380 - media-libs/libpng: sPLT chunk handling denial of service (CVE-2006-5793) MISC bugs.gentoo.org Patch
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Avaya Products libpng tRNS/sPLT Chunk Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-790 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com Patch
rPath update for libpng - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for libpng - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2007-254 (RHSA-2007-0356) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
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