Description
Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-375-1 | libpng security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-410-1 | openjdk-6 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3443-1 | libpng security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2015-8354 | Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2861-1 | libpng vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:41.892Z
Reserved: 2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2015-8472
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-01-21T15:59:00.117
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2015-8472
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN