CVE-2011-2690

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2690
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2011-07-17T20:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-06T15:44:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-120 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.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:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html Product Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45046 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45461 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45415 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45460 Broken Link
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/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://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2690
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2690
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:25:41 Added to TrackCVE