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CVE-2015-8540

N/A
Published: April 14, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC
7 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraEnterprise Linux Hpc Node

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected

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

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
6.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
23
Libpng· Libpng
95%
0.900.950.960.970.980.991.0.01.0.11.0.101.0.111.0.121.0.131.0.141.0.151.0.161.0.171.0.181.0.191.0.21.0.201.0.211.0.221.0.231.0.241.0.251.0.261.0.271.0.281.0.291.0.31.0.301.0.311.0.321.0.331.0.341.0.351.0.371.0.381.0.391.0.401.0.411.0.421.0.431.0.441.0.451.0.461.0.471.0.481.0.51.0.501.0.511.0.521.0.531.0.541.0.551.0.55 rc011.0.561.0.56 devel1.0.571.0.57 rc011.0.581.0.591.0.61.0.601.0.611.0.621.0.631.0.641.0.651.0.71.0.81.0.91.1.11.2.01.2.11.2.101.2.111.2.121.2.131.2.141.2.151.2.161.2.171.2.181.2.191.2.21.2.201.2.211.2.221.2.231.2.241.2.251.2.261.2.271.2.281.2.291.2.31.2.301.2.311.2.321.2.331.2.341.2.351.2.361.2.371.2.381.2.391.2.41.2.401.2.411.2.421.2.431.2.43 devel1.2.441.2.451.2.45 devel1.2.461.2.46 devel1.2.471.2.47 beta1.2.481.2.48 betas1.2.491.2.51.2.501.2.511.2.521.2.531.2.541.2.551.2.61.2.71.2.81.2.91.3.01.4.01.4.11.4.101.4.111.4.121.4.131.4.141.4.151.4.161.4.171.4.181.4.21.4.31.4.41.4.51.4.61.4.71.4.81.4.91.5.0 beta1.5.11.5.1 beta1.5.10 beta1.5.111.5.11 beta1.5.121.5.131.5.13 beta1.5.141.5.151.5.161.5.171.5.181.5.191.5.21.5.2 beta1.5.20 beta1.5.211.5.221.5.231.5.241.5.251.5.3 beta1.5.41.5.4 beta1.5.51.5.5 beta1.5.61.5.6 beta1.5.71.5.7 beta1.5.81.5.8 beta1.5.91.5.9 beta
Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary· Red Hat
95%
5.06.0
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node· Red Hat
95%
6.0
Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary· Red Hat
95%
5.06.0
Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary· Red Hat
95%
6.0

References (19)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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