CVE-2004-0768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

libpng 1.2.5 and earlier does not properly calculate certain buffer offsets, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

Published: 2004-08-19

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng3:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng3:1.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng3:1.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng3:1.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng3:1.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng3:1.2.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0766	libpng 1.2.5 and earlier does not properly calculate certain buffer offsets, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04102.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-536
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16914

History

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Greg Roelofs Libpng3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-08-19T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:46.953Z

Reserved: 2004-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0768

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0768

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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