CVE-2012-4432

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4432
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-01 03:26:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in opngreduc.c in OptiPNG Hg and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "palette reduction."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Optipng Optipng 0.7.0 All All All
Application Optipng Optipng 0.7.1 All All All
Application Optipng Optipng 0.7.2 All All All
Application Optipng Optipng hg All All All
Application Optipng Optipng 0.7.0 All All All
Application Optipng Optipng 0.7.1 All All All
Application Optipng Optipng 0.7.2 All All All
Application Optipng Optipng hg All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA50654 - OptiPNG Palette Reduction Use-After-Free Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mercurial Repository: optipng/optipng: f1d5d44670a2 CONFIRM optipng.hg.sourceforge.net Exploit
SourceForge.net: OptiPNG: News CONFIRM sourceforge.net
oss-security - CVE request: OptiPNG Palette Reduction Use-After-Free Vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch
OptiPNG Home Page CONFIRM optipng.sourceforge.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: OptiPNG Palette Reduction Use-After-Free Vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch
OptiPNG Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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