CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-3048

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2012-05-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
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