MGASA-2015-0008

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    MGASA-2015-0008

    Published: 7 Jan 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9495

    Summary: Updated libpng packages fix CVE-2014-9495

    Details: Updated libpng packages fix security vulnerability: libpng versions 1.6.9 through 1.6.15 have an integer-overflow vulnerability in png_combine_row() when decoding very wide interlaced images, which can allow an attacker to overwrite an arbitrary amount of memory with arbitrary (attacker-controlled) data (CVE-2014-9495).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0008.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14960, http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpng

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libpng?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.16-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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