UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10087

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10087
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10087.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10087
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Published
2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:58Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The pngsettext_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libpng

Package

Name
libpng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng@1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

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
1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libpng3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libpng

Package

Name
libpng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng@1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.51-0ubuntu3
1.2.54-1
1.2.54-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libpng12-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libpng3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libpng1.6

Package

Name
libpng1.6
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng1.6@1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.20-2
1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-16"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-devtools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpng16-tools"
        }
    ]
}