UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7981

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7981

    Published: 26 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7981
    Aliases:
    USN-2815-1

    Summary:

    Details: The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.64, 1.2.x before 1.2.54, and 1.4.x before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7981, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2815-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7981

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpng

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.2.49-4ubuntu1
    1.2.49-5ubuntu1
    1.2.50-1ubuntu1
    1.2.50-1ubuntu2

    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