Input validation error in libpng - CVE-2013-7354

 

Input validation error in libpng - CVE-2013-7354

Published: May 6, 2014 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33845
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7354
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Multiple integer overflows in libpng before 1.5.14rc03 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image to the (1) png_set_sPLT or (2) png_set_text_2 function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


Affected software

libpng
Gentoo Linux
openEuler
libpng (Alpine package)
libpng12
libpng12-debuginfo
libpng12-debugsource
libpng12-devel

How to mitigate CVE-2013-7354

Install update from vendor's website.

libpng - update to 1.5.14
libpng (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.14-r0
libpng12 - update to 1.2.57-12
libpng12-debuginfo - update to 1.2.57-12
libpng12-debugsource - update to 1.2.57-12
libpng12-devel - update to 1.2.57-12

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