USN-3712-1

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    USN-3712-1

    Published: 11 Jul 2018Last Modified: 1 Jun 2026

    Summary: libpng, libpng1.6 vulnerabilities

    Details: Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087) Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-13785)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3712-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10087, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13785

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpng

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

    Affected versions

    1.2.49-4ubuntu1
    1.2.49-5ubuntu1
    1.2.50-1ubuntu1
    1.2.50-1ubuntu2
    1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1
    1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

    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