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CVE-2008-6218

Published: 20 February 2009

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	Ubuntu versions should not be affected because they do not use png_ptr->chunkdata. This member wasn't introduced until 1.2.30.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
libpng Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable (1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.3)
	gutsy	Not vulnerable (1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.1)
	hardy	Not vulnerable (1.2.15~beta5-3)
	intrepid	Not vulnerable (1.2.27-1)
	upstream	Released (1.2.33)

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