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IBM Java: IBM Security Update January 2016 (CVE-2015-7981)

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IBM Java: IBM Security Update January 2016 (CVE-2015-7981)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/24/2015
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/05/2018
Modified
10/05/2018

Description

The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.64, 1.2.x before 1.2.54, and 1.4.x before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-java-upgrade-6_0_16_20
  • ibm-java-upgrade-6_1_8_20
  • ibm-java-upgrade-7_0_9_30
  • ibm-java-upgrade-7_1_3_30

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