CVE-2008-1382

Publication date 14 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libpng	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.2
	7.04 feisty	Ignored
	6.10 edgy	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.4

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libpng	Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-730-1
libpng vulnerabilities
6 March 2009

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1382