CVE-2007-5268

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-11

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

pngrtran.c in libpng before 1.0.29 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 use (1) logical instead of bitwise operations and (2) incorrect comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image.

pngrtran.c en libpng anterior a 1.0.29 y 1.2.x anterior a 1.2.21 utiliza (1) operaciones lógicas en vez de operación sobre bits y (2) comparaciones incorrectas, lo cual podría permitir a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) mediante una imagen PNG manipulada artesanalmente.

An off-by-one error when handling ICC profile chunks in the png_set_iCCP() function was discovered. George Cook and Jeff Phillips reported several errors in pngrtran.c, the use of logical instead of a bitwise functions and incorrect comparisons. Tavis Ormandy reported out-of-bounds read errors in several PNG chunk handling functions. Versions less than 1.2.21-r3 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-10-08 CVE Reserved
2007-10-08 CVE Published
2008-03-04 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-06-08 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (39)

URL	Tag	Source
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html	Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261	Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27093	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27284	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27405	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27529	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27629	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27746	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=5122753600C3E94F87FBDFFCC090D1FF0400EBC5%40MERCMBX07.na.sas.com	Mailing List
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm	Third Party Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25956	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3390	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/64260	2008-03-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3.0.6.32.20071004082318.012a7628%40mail.comcast.net&forum_name=png-mng-implement	2018-10-26
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0709140846k24e9a040r81623783b6b1c00f%40mail.gmail.com	2018-10-26

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html	2018-10-26
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	2018-10-26
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323	2018-10-26
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1	2018-10-26
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1	2018-10-26
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml	2018-10-26
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml	2018-10-26
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217	2018-10-26
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-538-1	2018-10-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				< 1.0.29 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version " < 1.0.29"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				>= 1.2.0 < 1.2.21 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version " >= 1.2.0 < 1.2.21"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.10"		-		Affected