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CVE-2015-8126

CVE-2015-8126HIGH

n/a n/a — Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, …

  AV  AC  Au  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N  P  P  P    7.5   .1034   95.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Nov 12  Reserved by mitre
  Nov 13  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2015-8126. Received CVSS 7.5 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-120 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v2.0 · 56 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
November 12, 2015	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
November 13, 2015	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2015-8126. Received CVSS 7.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-120

References (56)

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172324.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172620.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172647.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172663.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172769.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172797.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172823.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177344.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177382.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174905.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174936.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175073.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00033.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00034.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00015.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00028.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00159.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00160.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00062.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00063.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00028.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00029.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00030.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2594.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2595.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2596.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3399 [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507 [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/12/2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77568 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034142 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2815-1 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430 [Third Party Advisory]
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=560291 [Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10148 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08 [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2015-8126 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-120

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