CVE-2012-3425

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-04-08
CWE:
(CWE-122|CWE-125)
Bugzilla:
813249: CVE-2012-3425 libpng: Out-of heap-based buffer read by inflating certain PNG images

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The png_push_read_zTXt function in pngpread.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.58, 1.2.x before 1.2.48, 1.4.x before 1.4.10, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large avail_in field value in a PNG image.

Find out more about CVE-2012-3425 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libpng Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libpng Will not fix

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