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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-1205 EUVD-2010-1235GHSA-qq2m-25fj-pxvm

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attac…

Published Jun 30, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: libpng12 Package: tuxonice-userui Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 12 tuxonice-userui 1.0-1 —
Debian 5.0 libpng 1.2.27-2+lenny4 DSA-2072-1
Debian 5.0 xulrunner 1.9.0.19-3 DSA-2075-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 firefox 3.6.7-2.el5 RHSA-2010:0547
RHEL 5 libpng +1 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3 RHSA-2010:0534
RHEL 5 thunderbird 2.0.0.24-6.el5 RHSA-2010:0545
RHEL 5 xulrunner +1 1.9.2.7-2.el5 RHSA-2010:0547
RHEL 4 firefox 3.6.7-2.el4 RHSA-2010:0547
RHEL 4 libpng +1 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3 RHSA-2010:0534
RHEL 4 libpng10 +1 1.0.16-3.el4_8.4 RHSA-2010:0534
RHEL 4 seamonkey +5 1.0.9-60.el4 RHSA-2010:0546
RHEL 3 libpng +1 2:1.2.2-30 RHSA-2010:0534
RHEL 3 libpng10 +1 1.0.13-21 RHSA-2010:0534
RHEL 3 seamonkey +9 1.0.9-0.57.el3 RHSA-2010:0546
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhel Productivity 5 thunderbird 2.0.0.24-6.el5 RHSA-2010:0545

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 50.1.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 45.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed clamav 0.103.3-1.4 openSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed libpng16 1.6.26-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10050-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 libpng12 No fix yet —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) libpng12 No fix yet —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 11

References