CVE-2013-6954

libpng: unhandled zero-length PLTE chunk or NULL palette

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.

La función png_do_expand_palette en libpng anteriores a 1.6.8 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (referencia a puntero NULO y crash de la aplicación) a través de (1) un chunk PLTE de cero bytes o (2) una paleta NULL, relacionada con pngrtran.c y pngset.c

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

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

2013-12-04 CVE Reserved
2014-01-12 CVE Published
2024-01-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (26)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/58974	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058	Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080	X_refsource_confirm
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142	Third Party Advisory
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493	Vdb Entry
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8	2018-01-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html	2018-01-05
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html	2018-01-05
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html	2018-01-05
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html	2018-01-05
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html	2018-01-05
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html	2018-01-05
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2	2018-01-05
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2	2018-01-05
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	2018-01-05
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035	2018-01-05
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413	2018-01-05
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414	2018-01-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561	2014-07-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6954	2014-07-29

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"				<= 1.6.8 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version " <= 1.6.8"		beta		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.0 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.0"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.0 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.0"		beta		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.1"		beta		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.2"		beta		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.3"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.3"		beta		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.4 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.4"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.4 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.4"		beta		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.5"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.6 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.6"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.7 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.7"		-		Affected
Libpng Search vendor "Libpng"		Libpng Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng"				1.6.7 Search vendor "Libpng" for product "Libpng" and version "1.6.7"		beta		Affected