CVE-2016-10087

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-12-29
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1409617: CVE-2016-10087 libpng: NULL pointer dereference in png_set_text_2()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.

Find out more about CVE-2016-10087 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libpng Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libpng12 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libpng Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libpng Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

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