CVE-2008-5907

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1
Downstream
DSA-1750-1
Modified
Published: 15 Jan 2009, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 11:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.79% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Jan 2009, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 11:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.0.42, and 1.2.x before 1.2.34, might allow context-dependent attackers to set the value of an arbitrary memory location to zero via vectors involving creation of crafted PNG files with keywords, related to an implicit cast of the '\0' character constant to a NULL pointer. NOTE: some sources incorrectly report this as a double free vulnerability.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.79%• Percentile: 74%

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    4.0 | 5.0

  • libpng•libpng

    < 1.0.42 | ≥ 1.2.0, < 1.2.34

References (10)