Buffer overflow in libpng

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32378

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8126

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libpng: 1.0.0 - 1.6.18

External links

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172324.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172620.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172647.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172663.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172769.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172797.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172823.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177344.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177382.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174905.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174936.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00159.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00160.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00062.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00063.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00030.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2594.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2595.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2596.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3399
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/12/2
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77568
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034142
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2815-1
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=560291
http://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10148
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08
http://support.apple.com/HT206167

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.