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CVE-2007-5267

Published: 8 October 2007

Off-by-one error in ICC profile chunk handling in the png_set_iCCP function in pngset.c in libpng before 1.2.22 beta1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image, due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-5266.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand 
this is a fix for 1.2.21 only, which had an improper fix for
CVE-2007-5266

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libpng
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		dapper Not vulnerable

edgy Not vulnerable

feisty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (1.2.22 beta1)

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