MGASA-2015-0417

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    MGASA-2015-0417

    Published: 30 Oct 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7981

    Summary: Updated libpng12 package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: An out-of-bounds read in png_convert_to_rfc1123() in png.c in libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.54 could potentially be exploited by a crafted PNG file to leak information from an application's memory (CVE-2015-7981).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0417.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17022, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/26/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpng12

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libpng12?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.52-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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