CVE-2011-2690

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 17 Jul 2011, 20:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.26% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jul 2011, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.26%• Percentile: 80%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    8.04 | 10.04 | 10.10 | 11.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    5.0 | 6.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    14

  • libpng•libpng

    ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.0.55 | ≥ 1.2.0, < 1.2.45 | ≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.8 | ≥ 1.5.0, < 1.5.4

References (21)