CVE-2009-0040

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-02-22

Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

See more information about CVE-2009-0040 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-0325	2009-03-05
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0315	2009-03-05
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libpng)	ELSA-2009-0333	2009-03-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libpng10)	ELSA-2009-0333	2009-03-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-0325	2009-03-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0315	2009-03-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (libpng)	ELSA-2009-0333	2009-03-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-0315	2009-03-05

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