USN-3962-1

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libpng1.6

Package

Name: libpng1.6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng1.6@1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.34-1

1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpng-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpng-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpng-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpng16-16",
            "binary_version": "1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpng16-16-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpng16-16-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        }
    ]
}