Critical severity · published Jun 30, 2010
CVE-2010-1205
Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG…
9.8
CVSS
43.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)43.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 5.0.375.99 · source: NVD
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 3.5.11; 3.5.12 before 3.6.7 · source: NVD
IO
iOS · Apple
2.0 through 4.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
12; 13 · source: NVD
IT
Itunes · Apple
before 10.2 · source: NVD
LI
Libpng · Libpng
before 1.2.44; 1.4.0 before 1.4.3 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
9; 10; 11; 11 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.6.0 before 10.6.4 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X Server · Apple
10.6.0 before 10.6.4 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.1; 11.2 · source: NVD
PL
Player · Vmware
2.5 before 2.5.5; 3.1 before 3.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1205
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1205
Broken Link
http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244
Exploit
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983
Release Notes
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html
libpng.git.sourceforge.net
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
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