5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.6%
The png_push_read_chunk function in pngpread.c in the progressive decoder
in libpng 1.6.x through 1.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an IDAT chunk with a length
of zero.
Author | Note |
---|---|
mdeslaur | only 1.6.0+ |
jdstrand | libpng1.6 1.6.8-2 is affected, but not in the Ubuntu archive |