CVE-2006-0481
N/A
Published: January 31, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibpng
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.8-README.txtThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18654Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18863Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0205.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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