CVE-2010-1205

critical-risk
Published 2010-06-30

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

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15.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 85% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Google Vmware Debian Apple Canonical Opensuse Libpng Fedoraproject Mozilla Suse

References (98)

Broken Link http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244
Exploit http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983
Release Notes http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%...
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
Mailing List http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/40302
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/40336
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/40472
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/40547
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
and 78 more references
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critical-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 21/34 · High