Description
Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
Published: 2007-10-08
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 5.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1750-1 New libpng packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-538-1 libpng vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-730-1 libpng vulnerabilities
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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5269 cve-icon
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Libpng Libpng
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:42.429Z

Reserved: 2007-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5269

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-08T21:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-5269

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-09-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5269 - Bugzilla

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