VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2010-1205

critical
Published 2010-06-30 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
—
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14422 dos multiple verified
kripthor · 2010-07-20

libpng 1.4.2 - Denial of Service

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OS impact
fedora Fedora Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
13 Affected —
12 Affected —
macos macOS Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Affected —
suse SUSE Affected 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
11.2 Affected —
11.1 Affected —
11 Affected —
10 Affected —
9 Affected —
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
10.04 Affected —
9.10 Affected —
9.04 Affected —
8.04 Affected —
6.06 Affected —
debian Debian Mixed 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
bullseye Fixed 1.0-1
bookworm Fixed 1.0-1
5.0 Affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
libpnglibpng{"endExcluding":"1.2.44"}1.2.44
gcp googlechrome{"endExcluding":"5.0.375.99"}5.0.375.99
macos appleitunes{"endExcluding":"10.2"}10.2
macos applesafari{"endExcluding":"5.0.4"}5.0.4
vmware vmwareplayer{"startIncluding":"2.5","endExcluding":"2.5.5"}2.5.5
vmware vmwareworkstation{"startIncluding":"6.5.0","endExcluding":"6.5.5"}6.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endExcluding":"3.5.11"}3.5.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endExcluding":"2.0.6"}2.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endExcluding":"3.0.6"}3.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-120

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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