CVE-2007-2445

Description

The png_handle_tRNS function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.0.25 and 1.2.x before 1.2.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a grayscale PNG image with a bad tRNS chunk CRC value.

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 47.51% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory openpkg.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mirrorservice.org
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2007.013 vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-254.htm
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.492650 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25571 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10094 signature vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684664 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1613 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102987-1 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200871-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/36196 vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-24.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25273 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/l/li/libpng/libpng-1.2.17-ADVISORY.txt vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24023 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34340 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/changes.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/25867 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=508653&group_id=5624 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31168 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1381
http://secunia.com/advisories/25329 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25461 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1838 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2385 vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=508656&group_id=5624 patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25353 third party advisory
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468910/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25554 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25268 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018078 vdb entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/ vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-472-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27056 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0356.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25292 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25742 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:116 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24000 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2445?
CVE-2007-2445 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2445?
To fix CVE-2007-2445, 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-2007-2445 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-2445 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~48% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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