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CVE-2008-3964

Publication date 11 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to (1) the png_push_read_zTXt function in pngread.c, and possibly related to (2) pngtest.c.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpng 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.2.27-1ubuntu0.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.2
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.4

Notes

jdstrand

off-by-one error in pngpread.c not introduced until 1.2.30, pngtest is affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-730-1
    • libpng vulnerabilities
    • 6 March 2009

Other references