CVE-2010-0205

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.

The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

libpng

First reported 15 years ago

2010-03-03 19:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:31:00

Affected Software

libpng 1.0.0

1.0.0

libpng 1.0.1

1.0.1

libpng 1.0.2

1.0.2

libpng 1.0.3

1.0.3

libpng 1.0.5

1.0.5

libpng 1.0.6

1.0.6

libpng 1.0.7

1.0.7

libpng 1.0.8

1.0.8

libpng 1.0.9

1.0.9

libpng 1.0.10

1.0.10

libpng 1.0.11

1.0.11

libpng 1.0.12

1.0.12

libpng 1.0.13

1.0.13

libpng 1.0.14

1.0.14

libpng 1.0.15

1.0.15

libpng 1.0.16

1.0.16

libpng 1.0.17

1.0.17

libpng 1.0.18

1.0.18

libpng 1.0.19

1.0.19

libpng 1.0.20

1.0.20

libpng 1.0.21

1.0.21

libpng 1.0.22

1.0.22

libpng 1.0.23

1.0.23

libpng 1.0.24

1.0.24

libpng 1.0.25

1.0.25

libpng 1.0.26

1.0.26

libpng 1.0.27

1.0.27

libpng 1.0.28

1.0.28

libpng 1.0.29

1.0.29

libpng 1.0.30

1.0.30

libpng 1.0.31

1.0.31

libpng 1.0.32

1.0.32

libpng 1.0.33

1.0.33

libpng 1.0.34

1.0.34

libpng 1.0.35

1.0.35

libpng 1.0.37

1.0.37

libpng 1.0.38

1.0.38

libpng 1.0.39

1.0.39

libpng 1.0.40

1.0.40

libpng 1.0.41

1.0.41

libpng 1.0.42

1.0.42

libpng 1.0.43

1.0.43

libpng 1.0.44

1.0.44

libpng 1.0.45

1.0.45

libpng 1.0.46

1.0.46

libpng 1.0.47

1.0.47

libpng 1.0.48

1.0.48

libpng 1.0.50

1.0.50

libpng 1.0.51

1.0.51

libpng 1.0.52

1.0.52

libpng 1.2.0

1.2.0

libpng 1.2.1

1.2.1

libpng 1.2.2

1.2.2

libpng 1.2.3

1.2.3

libpng 1.2.4

1.2.4

libpng 1.2.5

1.2.5

libpng 1.2.6

1.2.6

libpng 1.2.7

1.2.7

libpng 1.2.8

1.2.8

libpng 1.2.9

1.2.9

libpng 1.2.10

1.2.10

libpng 1.2.11

1.2.11

libpng 1.2.13

1.2.13

libpng 1.2.14

1.2.14

libpng 1.2.15

1.2.15

libpng 1.2.16

1.2.16

libpng 1.2.17

1.2.17

libpng 1.2.18

1.2.18

libpng 1.2.19

1.2.19

libpng 1.2.20

1.2.20

libpng 1.2.21

1.2.21

libpng 1.2.22

1.2.22

libpng 1.2.23

1.2.23

libpng 1.2.24

1.2.24

libpng 1.2.25

1.2.25

libpng 1.2.26

1.2.26

libpng 1.2.27

1.2.27

libpng 1.2.28

1.2.28

libpng 1.2.29

1.2.29

libpng 1.2.30

1.2.30

libpng 1.2.31

1.2.31

libpng 1.2.32

1.2.32

libpng 1.2.33

1.2.33

libpng 1.2.34

1.2.34

libpng 1.2.35

1.2.35

libpng 1.2.36

1.2.36

libpng 1.2.37

1.2.37

libpng 1.2.38

1.2.38

libpng 1.2.39

1.2.39

libpng 1.2.40

1.2.40

libpng 1.2.41

1.2.41

libpng 1.2.42

1.2.42

References

http://libpng.sourceforge.net/ADVISORY-1.4.1.html

Vendor Advisory

http://libpng.sourceforge.net/decompression_bombs.html

APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1

FEDORA-2010-2988

FEDORA-2010-3375

FEDORA-2010-3414

FEDORA-2010-4683

SUSE-SR:2010:011

SUSE-SR:2010:012

SUSE-SR:2010:013

[security-announce] 20100923 VMSA-2010-0014 VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE address several security issues

62670

38774

39251

41574

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435

USN-913-1

DSA-2032

VU#576029

US Government Resource

MDVSA-2010:063

MDVSA-2010:064

38478

Patch

1023674

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html

ADV-2010-0517

ADV-2010-0605

ADV-2010-0626

ADV-2010-0637

ADV-2010-0667

ADV-2010-0682

ADV-2010-0686

ADV-2010-0847

ADV-2010-1107

ADV-2010-2491

libpng-pngdecompresschunk-dos(56661)

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