National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3048

Overview

The png_set_text_2 function in pngset.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.59, 1.2.x before 1.2.49, 1.4.x before 1.4.11, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted text chunk in a PNG image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: libpng-pngsettext2-code-execution(74494)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74494

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026879

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026879

External Source: BID

Name: 52830

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52830

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 80822

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/80822

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.5.10-README.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.5.10-README.txt

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2446

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2446

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1417-1

Hyperlink:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1417-1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201206-15

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49660

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49660

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48983

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48983

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48721

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48721

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48665

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48665

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48644

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48644

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48587

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48587

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0523

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0523.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-5518

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079051.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-5515

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079039.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-4902

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077819.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-5526

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077472.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-5080

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077043.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-5079

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077007.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html