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IBM Java: IBM Security Update January 2016 (CVE-2015-8540)

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IBM Java: IBM Security Update January 2016 (CVE-2015-8540)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/14/2016
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/05/2018
Modified
10/05/2018

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.

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

References

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