Description
CVE-2011-3048 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - libpngv1.2.2
mirror of git://git.code.sf.net/p/libpng/code (mirror of the official repository)
Library home page: https://api.github.com/repos/miningathome/libpng
Found in HEAD commit: d97880ba89bf1993a666df0811aabe9d2311719e
Library Source Files (4)
* The source files were matched to this source library based on a best effort match. Source libraries are selected from a list of probable public libraries.
- /forever/pngrutil.c
- /forever/pngrio.c
- /forever/pngset.c
- /forever/pngrtran.c
Vulnerability Details
The png_set_text_2 function in pngset.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.59, 1.2.x before 1.2.49, 1.4.x before 1.4.11, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted text chunk in a PNG image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Publish Date: 2012-05-29
URL: CVE-2011-3048
CVSS 2 Score Details (6.8)
Base Score Metrics not available
Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3048
Release Date: 2012-05-29
Fix Resolution: 1.0.59,1.2.49,1.4.11,1.5.10
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