CVE-2010-2249

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 30 Jun 2010, 18:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 02:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.57% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Jun 2010, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 02:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.57%• Percentile: 82%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • apple•iphone_os

    ≥ 2.0, ≤ 4.1

  • apple•itunes

    < 10.2

  • apple•safari

    < 5.0.4

  • apple•tvos

    < 4.1.0

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 8.04 | 9.04 | 9.10 | 10.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    5.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    12 | 13

  • libpng•libpng

    < 1.2.44 | ≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.3

  • opensuse•opensuse

    11.1 | 11.2

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    9 | 10:sp3 | 11 | 11:sp1

  • vmware•player

    ≥ 2.5, < 2.5.5 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.1.2

  • vmware•workstation

    ≥ 6.5.0, < 6.5.5 | ≥ 7.1, < 7.1.2

References (40)