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CVE-2004-0597

Published: Nov 23, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0597
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibpngGreg_roelofs*1.2.5 (including)
Msn_messengerMicrosoft6.1 (including)6.1 (including)
Msn_messengerMicrosoft6.2 (including)6.2 (including)
Windows_media_playerMicrosoft9 (including)9 (including)
Windows_messengerMicrosoft5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatlibpng-2:1.2.2-25*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatlibpng10-0:1.0.13-15*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1RedHat*
LibpngUbuntudapper*
LibpngUbuntudevel*
LibpngUbuntuedgy*
LibpngUbuntufeisty*
Libpng3Ubuntudapper*
Libpng3Ubuntuedgy*

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