CVE-2011-2690
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Buffer overflow
8.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45046
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45405
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45492