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title: "CVE-2011-3045\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3045

Publication date 20 March 2012

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

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3045?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Integer signedness error in the png\_inflate function in pngrutil.c in
libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and
other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG
file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3045?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| firefox | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| libpng | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.2.46-3ubuntu3 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 1.2.46-3ubuntu1.2 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.3 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.4 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.6 |
| thunderbird | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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-2011-3045?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

firefox and thunderbird 16 are not affected

### 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=commit;h=a8c319a2b281af68f7ca0e2f9a28ca57b44ceb2b> * Upstream:   <http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng;a=commit;h=13f12476543c4ada693b4cb474039d5cf3389ed1> * Vendor:   <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0407.html> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3045)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3045)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3045)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3045)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1402-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1402-1)
+ libpng vulnerability
+ 22 March 2012

### Other references

* <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0407.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3045>