CVE-2007-5268
N/A
Published: October 8, 2007 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLibpng
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
pngrtran.c in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 use (1) logical instead of bitwise operations and (2) incorrect comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3.0.6.32.20071004082318.012a7628%40mail.comcast.net&forum_name=png-mng-implement
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0709140846k24e9a040r81623783b6b1c00f%40mail.gmail.com
References (38)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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