Buffer overflow in libpng - CVE-2012-3425

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Buffer overflow in libpng - CVE-2012-3425

Published: September 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96993
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3425
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the png_push_read_zTXt() function in pngpread.c when processing PNG files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PNG file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and crash the application.


Affected software

libpng
openEuler
syslinux
syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux
syslinux-nonlinux
syslinux-tftpboot
syslinux-debuginfo
syslinux-debugsource
syslinux-devel
syslinux-efi64
syslinux-extlinux
syslinux-perl

How to mitigate CVE-2012-3425

Install updates from vendor's website.

libpng - addressed in versions 1.0.58, 1.2.48, 1.4.10, 1.5.10
syslinux - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-nonlinux - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-tftpboot - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-debuginfo - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-debugsource - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-devel - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-efi64 - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-extlinux - update to 6.04-16
syslinux-perl - update to 6.04-16

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