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CVE-2008-3964

Published: 11 September 2008

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.

Notes

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

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
libpng
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1.2.8rel-5ubuntu0.4)
feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
gutsy
Released (1.2.15~beta5-2ubuntu0.2)
hardy
Released (1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.1)
intrepid
Released (1.2.27-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (1.2.27-2)