CVE-2006-5793
N/A
Published: November 17, 2006 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibpng
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof operator on the wrong data type, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed sPLT chunks that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (43)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=101400&action=viewVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22889Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22900Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22941Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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