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CVE-2015-0973

Publication date 18 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpng 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
texlive-bin 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes


mdeslaur

only affects libpng 1.5 and 1.6 texlive-bin has libpng 1.2 or uses system libpng