CVE-2007-5269

Description

Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.92% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00356.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-460.htm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00353.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27093 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27662 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31712 third party advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00072.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27529 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27405 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27746 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0992.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3390 vdb entry
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31713 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3.0.6.32.20071004082318.012a7628%40mail.comcast.net&forum_name=png-mng-implement mailing list patch
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/27391 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25956 vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27369 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018849 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10614 vdb entry signature
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327791
http://secunia.com/advisories/27492 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27284 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-538-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750 vendor advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html mailing list
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=337461
http://secunia.com/advisories/27629 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5269?
CVE-2007-5269 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5269?
To fix CVE-2007-5269, 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-2007-5269 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5269 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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