Unscored severity · published Oct 8, 2007
CVE-2007-5269
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL…
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CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libpng · Libpng
through 1.2.20; 1.0.28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5269
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5269
android-developers.blogspot.com
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261
docs.info.apple.com
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.grok.org.uk
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
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