Vulnerability in Libpng
CVE-2008-6218
Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libpng — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46115 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2917 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31920 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/34388 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32418 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/34265 (third-party-advisory)