CVE-2006-5793

The sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof operator on the wrong data type, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed sPLT chunks that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

Red Hat, Libpng

Greg Roelofs Libpng

= 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.7rc1, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12

CVSS 2.0

2.6 LOW

EPSS

1.7% (75th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-20

NVD status

Modified

Published

2006-11-17