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CVE-2004-0421 Detail

Description

The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.


Metrics

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html Broken Link 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108334922320309&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108335030208523&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451350029261&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451353608968&w=2 Mailing List 
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-498 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:040 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:212 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:213 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-180.html Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-181.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10244 Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16022 Broken Link  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11710 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A971 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0421
NVD Published Date:
08/18/2004
NVD Last Modified:
02/08/2024
Source:
MITRE