CVE-2009-2042

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-06-12

Description

libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via out-of-bounds pixels in the file.

See more information about CVE-2009-2042 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:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libpng)	ELSA-2010-0534	2010-07-14
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libpng10)	ELSA-2010-0534	2010-07-14
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libpng)	ELSA-2010-0534	2010-07-14
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libpng10)	ELSA-2010-0534	2010-07-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (libpng)	ELSA-2010-0534	2010-07-14

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