CVE-2008-3964

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the png_push_read_zTXt function in pngread.c, and possibly related to (2) pngtest.c.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.68% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=5624&release_id=624517 third party advisory product
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/3 third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44928 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31049 vdb entry third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/8 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889484 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2512 vdb entry permissions required
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31781 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=e56ccc8f0809180317u6a5306fg14683947affb3e1b%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement third party advisory mailing list
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624518 patch broken link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051 vendor advisory broken link
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2095669&group_id=5624&atid=105624 third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3964?
CVE-2008-3964 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3964?
To fix CVE-2008-3964, 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-2008-3964 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3964 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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