UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8540

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540

Related

CVE-2015-8540
USN-2861-1

Published

2015-12-11T00:00:00Z

Modified

2015-12-11T00:00:00Z

Severity

8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Integer underflow in the pngcheckkeyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libpng

Package

Name: libpng
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.49-4ubuntu1

1.2.49-5ubuntu1

1.2.50-1ubuntu1

1.2.50-1ubuntu2

1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0-udeb-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libpng3"
        }
    ]
}