CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-3048
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The png_set_text_2 function in pngset.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.59, 1.2.x before 1.2.49, 1.4.x before 1.4.11, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted text chunk in a PNG image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• libpng libpng 1.0.0
• libpng libpng 1.0.1
• libpng libpng 1.0.2
• libpng libpng 1.0.3
• libpng libpng 1.0.5
• libpng libpng 1.0.6
• libpng libpng 1.0.7
• libpng libpng 1.0.8
• libpng libpng 1.0.9
• libpng libpng 1.0.10
• libpng libpng 1.0.11
• libpng libpng 1.0.12
• libpng libpng 1.0.13
• libpng libpng 1.0.14
• libpng libpng 1.0.15
• libpng libpng 1.0.16
• libpng libpng 1.0.17
• libpng libpng 1.0.18
• libpng libpng 1.0.19
• libpng libpng 1.0.20
• libpng libpng 1.0.21
• libpng libpng 1.0.22
• libpng libpng 1.0.23
• libpng libpng 1.0.24
• libpng libpng 1.0.25
• libpng libpng 1.0.26
• libpng libpng 1.0.27
• libpng libpng 1.0.28
• libpng libpng 1.0.29
• libpng libpng 1.0.30
• libpng libpng 1.0.31
• libpng libpng 1.0.32
• libpng libpng 1.0.33
• libpng libpng 1.0.34
• libpng libpng 1.0.35
• libpng libpng 1.0.37
• libpng libpng 1.0.38
• libpng libpng 1.0.39
• libpng libpng 1.0.40
• libpng libpng 1.0.41
• libpng libpng 1.0.42
• libpng libpng 1.0.43
• libpng libpng 1.0.44
• libpng libpng 1.0.45
• libpng libpng 1.0.46
• libpng libpng 1.0.47
• libpng libpng 1.0.48
• libpng libpng 1.0.50
• libpng libpng 1.0.51
• libpng libpng 1.0.52
• libpng libpng 1.0.53
• libpng libpng 1.0.54
• libpng libpng 1.0.55
• libpng libpng 1.0.56
• libpng libpng 1.0.57
• libpng libpng 1.0.58
• libpng libpng 1.2.0
• libpng libpng 1.2.1
• libpng libpng 1.2.2
• libpng libpng 1.2.3
… and 67 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077007.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077043.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077472.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077819.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079039.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079051.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0523.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48587 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48644 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48665 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48721 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48983 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 support.apple.com
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 support.apple.com
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1417-1 ubuntu.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2446 www.debian.org
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.5.10-README.txt www.libpng.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:046 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/80822 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52830 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026879 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74494 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077007.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077043.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077472.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077819.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079039.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079051.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0523.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48587 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48644 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48665 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48721 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48983 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 support.apple.com
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 support.apple.com
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1417-1 ubuntu.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2446 www.debian.org
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.5.10-README.txt www.libpng.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:046 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/80822 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52830 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026879 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74494 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com