UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540
Related
Published
2015-12-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2015-12-11T00:00:00Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer underflow in the pngcheckkeyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libpng

Package

Name
libpng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng@1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.49-4ubuntu1
1.2.49-5ubuntu1
1.2.50-1ubuntu1
1.2.50-1ubuntu2
1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libpng12-0-udeb-dbgsym": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-0-dbgsym": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-dev": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng3": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-0": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "libpng12-0-udeb": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2"
        }
    ]
}