CVE-2015-0973

Publication date 18 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libpng	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
texlive-bin	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Notes

mdeslaur

only affects libpng 1.5 and 1.6 texlive-bin has libpng 1.2 or uses system libpng

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt
http://mid.gmane.org/Pine.LNX.4.64.1501101510150.31425@beijing.mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/1
http://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/33173461/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0973