#VU32577 Input validation error in libpng - CVE-2013-6954

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#VU32577 Input validation error in libpng - CVE-2013-6954

Published: January 12, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32577
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6954
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libpng
Software vendor:
libpng

Description

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.


Remediation

Update to version 1.6.8.

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