Memory leak in libpng - CVE-2019-6129
Published: January 16, 2019 / Updated: April 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17017
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6129
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libpng
Affected software:
libpng
libpng
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in png_create_info_struct in png.c. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and perform denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6129
Update to the latest version.