vulnerability
IBM Java: IBM Security Update January 2016 (CVE-2015-8540)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 14, 2016 | Oct 5, 2018 | Oct 5, 2018 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 14, 2016
Added
Oct 5, 2018
Modified
Oct 5, 2018
Description
Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Solutions
ibm-java-upgrade-6_0_16_20ibm-java-upgrade-6_1_8_20ibm-java-upgrade-7_0_9_30ibm-java-upgrade-7_1_3_30
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