CVE-2011-2501

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2501
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2011-07-17T20:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-06T15:43:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.0 1.0.55
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.2.0 1.2.45
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.4.0 1.4.8
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.5.0 1.5.4
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/45046 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48474 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng;a=commit;h=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/16 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717084 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=BANLkTikrnU6FJNQYFvwmt78hwpgKPVRd1Q%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/13 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45415 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45486 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45289 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45460 Broken Link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.617466 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45405 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062720.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45492 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68517 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2501
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2501
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:25:42 Added to TrackCVE