Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-5269 (CCN-37019)

Assigned:2007-09-11
Published:2007-09-11
Updated:2018-10-15
Summary:Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-5269

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2008-05-28

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18

Source: FULLDISC
Type: UNKNOWN
20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[security-announce] 20080317 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2007-0992
Moderate: libpng security update

Source: CCN
Type: SA27093
libpng Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27093

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27284

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27369

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27391

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27405

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27492

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27529

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27629

Source: CCN
Type: SA27662
Avaya Products libpng Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27662

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27746

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27965

Source: CCN
Type: SA29412
VMware Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: SA29420
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29420

Source: CCN
Type: SA30161
Gentoo ltsp Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
30161

Source: CCN
Type: SA30430
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
30430

Source: CCN
Type: SA31712
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
31712

Source: CCN
Type: SA31713
VMware ESX / ESXi Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
31713

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
34388

Source: CCN
Type: SA35302
Sun Solaris libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
35302

Source: CCN
Type: SA35386
Avaya CMS Solaris libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
35386

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201209-25

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1018849
libpng Chunk Handling Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service

Source: SLACKWARE
Type: UNKNOWN
SSA:2007-325-01

Source: CCN
Type: png-mng-implement Mailing List, 2007-10-04 12:23
Libpng-1.2.21 and libpng-1.0.29 released

Source: MLIST
Type: Patch
[png-mng-implement] 20071004 Libpng-1.2.21 and libpng-1.0.29 released

Source: CCN
Type: SourceForge.net
PNG reference library: libpng

Source: CCN
Type: Sun Alert ID: 259989
Security Vulnerability in Solaris libpng(3) May Allow Denial of Service (DoS) or Privilege Escalation

Source: SUNALERT
Type: UNKNOWN
259989

Source: SUNALERT
Type: UNKNOWN
1020521

Source: CCN
Type: Apple Web site
About the security content of Security Update 2008-003 / Mac OS X 10.5.3

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-460.htm

Source: CCN
Type: ASA-2007-460
libpng security update (RHSA-2007-0992)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm

Source: CCN
Type: ASA-2009-208
Security Vulnerability in Solaris libpng(3) May Allow Denial of Service (DoS) or Privilege Escalation (Sun 259989)

Source: CCN
Type: CORE-2008-0124
Multiple vulnerabilities in Google's Android SDK

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-1750

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-1750
libpng -- several vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA-200711-08
libpng: Multiple Denials of Service

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-200711-08

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA-200805-07
Linux Terminal Server Project: Multiple vulnerabilities

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-200805-07

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDKSA-2007:217

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SR:2007:025

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2007:0992

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20071112 FLEA-2007-0065-1 libpng

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20080304 CORE-2008-0124: Multiple vulnerabilities in Google's Android SDK

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20080318 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
25956

Source: CCN
Type: BID-25956
Libpng Library Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
28276

Source: CCN
Type: BID-28276
VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1018849

Source: CCN
Type: USN-538-1
libpng vulnerabilities

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-538-1

Source: CCN
Type: USN-730-1
libpng vulnerabilities

Source: CERT
Type: US Government Resource
TA08-150A

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Server Web site
Key Features in VMware Server, What's New in Version 1.0.5

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html

Source: CCN
Type: Vmware Workstation Web site
VMware Workstation 6.0 Release Notes, New in Version 6.0.3

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2007-3390

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-0905

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-0924

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-1697

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-2466

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2009-1462

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2009-1560

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327791

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=337461

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
libpng-multiple-functions-dos(37019)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10614

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2007-734

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2007-2521

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2007-2666

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SR:2007:025
SUSE Security Summary Report

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:libpng:libpng:1.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.2.20)

  • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::as:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::es:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::ws:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 7:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 8:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 9:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20075269
    V
    CVE-2007-5269
    2015-11-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13052
    P
    USN-730-1 -- libpng vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17563
    P
    USN-538-1 -- libpng vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13613
    P
    DSA-1750-1 libpng -- several
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6557
    P
    DSA-1750 libpng -- several vulnerabilities
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22555
    P
    ELSA-2007:0992: libpng security update (Moderate)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10614
    V
    Certain chunk handlers in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) pCAL (png_handle_pCAL), (2) sCAL (png_handle_sCAL), (3) tEXt (png_push_read_tEXt), (4) iTXt (png_handle_iTXt), and (5) ztXT (png_handle_ztXt) chunking in PNG images, which trigger out-of-bounds read operations.
    2013-04-29
    oval:org.debian:def:1750
    V
    several vulnerabilities
    2009-03-22
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070992
    P
    RHSA-2007:0992: libpng security update (Moderate)
    2007-10-23
    BACK
    libpng libpng 1.0.28
    libpng libpng *