Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20158540000
Revision Date:2016-04-14Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8540 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description:Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8540
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'chromium-browser' package in trusty is not affected (note: 'uses system libpng').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'firefox' package in trusty is not affected (note: 'bundles libpng 1.6.18').
  • OR The 'libpng' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'thunderbird' package in trusty is not affected (note: 'bundles libpng 1.6.16').
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