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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-8540: Vulnerability in LibPNG

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-8540: Vulnerability in LibPNG

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

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)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-image-library-libpng-1-4-19-0-175-3-10-0-1-0

References

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