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title: "CVE-2010-2249\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2249

Publication date 30 June 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2249?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3,
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption
and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale
(aka sCAL) chunks.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2249?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| firefox | 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| libpng | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.2.37-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.2.27-2ubuntu2.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.6 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2249?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

chromium uses libpng on Ubuntu 10.04 and later
firefox uses libpng on Ubuntu 10.04 and later

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libpng | * Upstream:   <http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng;a=commitdiff;h=90cfcecc09febb8d6c8c1d37ea7bb7cf0f4b00f3#patch20> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2249)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2249)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2249)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2249)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-960-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-960-1)
+ libpng vulnerabilities
+ 8 July 2010

### Other references

* <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2249>