CVE-2015-0973

Summary

CVECVE-2015-0973
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-18 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-20 18:46:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.0 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.0 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.1 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.1 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.10 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.10 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.11 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.11 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.12 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.13 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.13 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.14 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.14 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.15 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.15 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.2 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.2 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.3 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.3 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.4 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.4 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.5 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.6 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.7 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.7 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.8 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.8 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.9 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.9 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.0 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.0 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.1 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.1 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.10 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.10 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.11 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.11 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.12 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.13 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.13 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.14 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.14 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.15 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.15 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.2 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.2 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.3 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.3 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.4 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.4 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.5 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.6 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.7 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.7 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.8 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.8 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.9 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.9 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng All All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 APPLE lists.apple.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA62725 - SUSE update for libpng16 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt MISC tfpwn.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
PNG and MNG/JNG image formats: home site / Mailing Lists MLIST sourceforge.net Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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