CVE-2010-2249

Description

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.57% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory libpng.org
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=90cfcecc09febb8d6c8c1d37ea7bb7cf0f4b00f3#patch20
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174 patch third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723 third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837 vdb entry broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40472 third party advisory broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608644 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/40302 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40336 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59816 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html product vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40547 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637 vdb entry broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061 patch vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846 vdb entry broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612 vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2249?
CVE-2010-2249 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2249?
To fix CVE-2010-2249, 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-2010-2249 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2249 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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