CVE-2004-0421

Description

The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.46% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451353608968&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108334922320309&w=2 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A971 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-498 vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11710 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:040 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22958 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16022 vdb entry broken link
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10244 patch vendor advisory vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451350029261&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:213 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-180.html broken link patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:212 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108335030208523&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-181.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22957 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0421?
CVE-2004-0421 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0421?
To fix CVE-2004-0421, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0421 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0421 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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