CVE-2011-2501

Publication date 17 July 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
firefox	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu2
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored
libpng	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Fixed 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

re-introduced in 1.2.23

jdstrand

firefox 3.6.23 has 1.2.35 and 7.0.1 has 1.4.7

micahg

firefox 8 will have 1.4.8

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libpng	Upstream: http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng;a=commitdiff;h=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H