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CVE-2010-1205

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 30, 2010 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC
17 products affected across 10 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxChrome

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 43%

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPhone OS· Apple
95%
2.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1
iTunes· Apple
95%
v < 10.2
Affected range stops below 10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Mac OS X Server· Apple
95%
10.6.0 ≤ v < 10.6.4
Affected range stops below 10.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
macOS· Apple
95%
10.6.0 ≤ v < 10.6.4
Affected range stops below 10.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Safari· Apple
95%
v < 5.0.4
Affected range stops below 5.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
10.046.068.049.049.10
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
5.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
1213
Chrome· Googlenpm
95%
v < 5.0.375.99
Affected range stops below 5.0.375.99, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Libpng· Libpng
95%
v < 1.2.441.4.0 ≤ v < 1.4.3
Affected range stops below 1.2.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (49)

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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