Unscored severity · published Feb 22, 2009
CVE-2009-0040
The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of…
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CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.
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
IO
iOS · Apple
before 3.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
9; 10 · source: NVD
LI
Libpng · Libpng
before 1.0.43; 1.2.0 before 1.2.35 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise · Suse
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.5.8 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
10.3; 11.0; 11.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0040
Product
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
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