CVE-2006-5793

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 17 Nov 2006, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 20:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
11/100
CVSS Score
2.6 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.33% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Nov 2006, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 20:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof operator on the wrong data type, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed sPLT chunks that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.33%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • greg_roelofs•libpng

    1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.7rc1 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.11 | 1.2.12

References (43)