CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
75.9%
A vulnerability exists in libpng that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
A vulnerability in the way libpng handles files that contain multiple zTXt chunks may cause a denial of service. This vulnerability is due to an off-by-one error introduced in the png_push_read_zTXt() function in libpng-1.2.30/pngpread.c. According to the PNG Development Group:
A remote, unauthorized attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.
Upgrade
The PNG Development Group has issued an upgrade to address this issue. See libpng version 1.2.32 for more information.
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Updated: October 02, 2008
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
See libpng version 1.2.32 for more information.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23889484 Feedback>).
Group | Score | Vector |
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Base | 0 | AV:–/AC:–/Au:–/C:–/I:–/A:– |
Temporal | 0 | E:ND/RL:ND/RC:ND |
Environmental | 0 | CDP:ND/TD:ND/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
This issue was reported by the PNG Development Group in libpng version 1.2.32.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2008-3964 |
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Severity Metric: | 3.97 Date Public: |