CVE-2008-6218
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Published: February 20, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibpng
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.2.01.2.0 beta11.2.0 beta21.2.0 beta31.2.0 beta41.2.0 beta51.2.0 rc11.2.11.2.1 beta11.2.1 beta21.2.1 beta31.2.1 beta41.2.1 rc11.2.1 rc21.2.101.2.10 beta11.2.10 beta21.2.10 beta31.2.10 beta41.2.10 beta51.2.10 beta61.2.10 beta71.2.10 rc11.2.10 rc21.2.10 rc31.2.111.2.11 beta11.2.11 beta21.2.11 beta31.2.11 beta41.2.11 rc11.2.11 rc21.2.11 rc31.2.11 rc51.2.131.2.13 beta11.2.13 rc11.2.13 rc21.2.141.2.14 beta11.2.14 beta21.2.14 rc11.2.151.2.15 beta11.2.15 beta21.2.15 beta31.2.15 beta41.2.15 beta51.2.15 beta61.2.15 rc11.2.15 rc21.2.15 rc31.2.15 rc41.2.15 rc51.2.161.2.16 beta11.2.16 beta21.2.16 rc11.2.171.2.17 beta11.2.17 beta21.2.17 rc11.2.17 rc21.2.17 rc31.2.17 rc41.2.181.2.191.2.19 beta11.2.19 beta101.2.19 beta111.2.19 beta121.2.19 beta131.2.19 beta141.2.19 beta151.2.19 beta161.2.19 beta171.2.19 beta181.2.19 beta191.2.19 beta21.2.19 beta201.2.19 beta211.2.19 beta221.2.19 beta231.2.19 beta241.2.19 beta251.2.19 beta261.2.19 beta271.2.19 beta281.2.19 beta291.2.19 beta31.2.19 beta301.2.19 beta311.2.19 beta321.2.19 beta331.2.19 beta41.2.19 beta51.2.19 beta61.2.19 beta71.2.19 beta81.2.19 beta91.2.19 rc11.2.19 rc21.2.19 rc31.2.19 rc41.2.19 rc51.2.19 rc61.2.21.2.2 beta11.2.2 beta21.2.2 beta31.2.2 beta41.2.2 beta51.2.2 beta61.2.2 rc11.2.201.2.20 beta011.2.20 beta021.2.20 beta031.2.20 beta041.2.20 rc11.2.20 rc21.2.20 rc31.2.20 rc41.2.20 rc51.2.20 rc61.2.211.2.21 beta11.2.21 beta21.2.21 rc11.2.21 rc21.2.21 rc31.2.221.2.22 beta11.2.22 beta21.2.22 beta2-1.2.211.2.22 beta31.2.22 beta3-1.2.211.2.22 beta41.2.22 beta4-1.2.211.2.22 rc11.2.22 rc1-1.2.211.2.231.2.23 beta011.2.23 beta01-1.2.221.2.23 beta021.2.23 beta02-1.2.221.2.23 beta031.2.23 beta03-1.2.221.2.23 beta041.2.23 beta04-1.2.221.2.23 beta051.2.23 beta05-1.2.221.2.23 rc011.2.23 rc01-1.2.221.2.241.2.24 beta011.2.24 beta01-1.2.231.2.24 beta021.2.24 beta02-1.2.231.2.24 beta031.2.24 beta03-1.2.231.2.24 rc011.2.24 rc01-1.2.231.2.251.2.25 beta011.2.25 beta021.2.25 beta031.2.25 beta041.2.25 beta051.2.25 beta061.2.25 rc011.2.25 rc021.2.261.2.26 beta011.2.26 beta021.2.26 beta031.2.26 beta041.2.26 beta051.2.26 beta061.2.26 rc011.2.271.2.281.2.291.2.31.2.3 rc11.2.3 rc21.2.3 rc31.2.3 rc41.2.3 rc51.2.3 rc61.2.301.2.311.2.321.2.331.2.41.2.4 beta11.2.4 beta21.2.4 beta31.2.4 rc11.2.51.2.5 beta11.2.5 beta21.2.5 beta31.2.5 rc11.2.5 rc21.2.5 rc31.2.61.2.6 beta11.2.6 beta21.2.6 beta31.2.6 beta41.2.6 rc11.2.6 rc21.2.6 rc31.2.6 rc41.2.6 rc51.2.71.2.7 beta11.2.7 beta21.2.81.2.8 beta11.2.8 beta21.2.8 beta31.2.8 beta41.2.8 beta51.2.8 rc11.2.8 rc21.2.8 rc31.2.8 rc41.2.8 rc51.2.91.2.9 beta11.2.9 beta101.2.9 beta21.2.9 beta31.2.9 beta41.2.9 beta51.2.9 beta61.2.9 beta71.2.9 beta81.2.9 beta91.2.9 rc11.4.0 beta36
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32418Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635463&group_id=5624x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635837Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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