Description
pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Published: 2011-01-18
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 5.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0434 pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:08.955Z

Reserved: 2011-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0408

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-18T18:03:08.423

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0408

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0408 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses