Information disclosure in libpng - CVE-2015-7981

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Information disclosure in libpng - CVE-2015-7981

Published: October 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82373
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7981
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libpng
Software vendor:
libpng

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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