CVE-2011-2692

Public Exploit

Description

The png_handle_sCAL function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 does not properly handle invalid sCAL chunks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PNG image that triggers the reading of uninitialized memory.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.56% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory libpng.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1103.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48618 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/45046 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151 vendor advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720612 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=003101cc2790%24fb5d6e80%24f2184b80%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement third party advisory issue tracking exploit
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45461 third party advisory broken link
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html product vendor advisory
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61a2d8a2a7b03023e63eae9a3e64607aaaa6d339
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45405 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45445 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45460 third party advisory broken link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68536 third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45492 third party advisory broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/819894 third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45415 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2692?
CVE-2011-2692 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2692?
To fix CVE-2011-2692, 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-2011-2692 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-2692 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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