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    CVE-2010-2249

    Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

    Published:Jun 25, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jun 30, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.01567
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Iphone Os
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Itunes
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Safari
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Tvos
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Libpng
    Product
    Libpng
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Player
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=90cfcecc09febb8d6c8c1d37ea7bb7cf0f4b00f3#patch20
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40302
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40336
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40472
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40547
    http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072
    http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608644
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59816
    http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=90cfcecc09febb8d6c8c1d37ea7bb7cf0f4b00f3#patch20
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40302
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40336
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40472
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40547
    http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072
    http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608644
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59816

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High