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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-2692: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-2692: 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

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.

Solution(s)

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

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