CVE-2011-3328

Summary

CVECVE-2011-3328
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-17 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe png_handle_cHRM function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.5.4, when color-correction support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a malformed PNG image containing a cHRM chunk associated with a certain zero value.

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: NVD-CWE-Other | 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 1.5.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Update 2012-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Bug 740864 – CVE-2011-3328 libpng: malformed cHRM divide-by-zero vulnerability in 1.5.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#477046 - libpng malformed cHRM divide-by-zero vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
LIBPNG: PNG reference library / Bugs / #186 Corrupted png file causes a program crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Exploit
libpng Home Page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libpng.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1 OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Update 2012-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1 OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 iOS 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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