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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-2690: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-2690: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/17/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
08/10/2020

Description

Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-libpng

References

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