Vulnerability in Libpng
CVE-2008-3964
Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the png_push_read_zTXt function in pngread.c, and possibly related to (2) pngtest.c.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libpng — versions 1.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35386 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44928 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31049 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/35302 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)