CVE-2008-3964

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3964
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-11 01:13:47 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the png_push_read_zTXt function in pngread.c, and possibly related to (2) pngtest.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-193 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libpng Libpng All All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta1 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta10 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta11 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta12 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta13 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta14 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta15 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta16 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta17 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta18 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta19 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta2 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta20 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta21 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta22 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta23 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta24 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta25 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta26 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta27 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta28 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta29 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta3 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta30 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta31 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta32 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta33 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta4 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta5 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta6 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta7 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta8 All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.4.0 beta9 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LIBPNG: PNG reference library / Bugs / #133 Off-by-one error in png_push_read_zTXt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#889484 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
LIBPNG: PNG reference library download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Product, Third Party Advisory
SourceForge.net: PNG reference library: libpng: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Broken Link, Patch
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Sun Solaris libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
ASA-2009-208 (SUN 259989) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
PNG and MNG/JNG image formats: home site / Thread: [png-mng-implement] libpng-1.0.40 and libpng-1.2.32 available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Third Party Advisory
Libpng Library 'png_push_read_zTXt()' Off-By-One Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE request (libpng) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
POV-Ray: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Avaya CMS Solaris libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for povray - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
libpng "png_push_read_zTXt()" Off-By-One Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2017-08-07Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of libpng as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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