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title: "CVE-2014-0333\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0333

Publication date 27 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The png\_push\_read\_chunk function in pngpread.c in the progressive decoder
in libpng 1.6.x through 1.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an IDAT chunk with a length
of zero.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0333?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libpng | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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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)

## Notes

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

only 1.6.0+

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

libpng1.6 1.6.8-2 is affected, but not in the Ubuntu archive

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0333)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0333)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0333)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0333)

### Other references

* <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684412>
* <https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/patch-libpng16-vu684412.diff>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0333>