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Unscored USN-2815-1 2 CVEs

libpng vulnerabilities

Published Nov 19, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Mikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large
fields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3425)

Qixue Xiao discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain time values.
If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a
specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to
crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7981)

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth
values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8126)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libpng 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3425
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7981
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8126