USN-5432-2

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing certain PNG files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12652)

Zhengxiong Luo discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing certain PNG files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14048)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libpng1.6

Package

Name: libpng1.6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng1.6@1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.20-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-16"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-devtools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-12652"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-14048"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}