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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0597 Detail

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt CVE, MITRE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000856 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109163866717909&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109181639602978&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761239318458&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796779903455&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-001.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22957 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22958 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200663-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114816-02-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2679 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=421&idxseccion=10 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-536 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-03.xml CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-22.xml CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/388984 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817368 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:079 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:212 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:213 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_23_libpng.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-402.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-429.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10857 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495 CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0040/ CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-217A.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943 CVE, MITRE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-009 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16894 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11284 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2274 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2378 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4492 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A594 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7709 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0597
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2004
NVD Last Modified:
04/15/2026
Source:
MITRE