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CVE-2008-1382 Detail

Description

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/04/2009)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1382 This issue does not affect the version of libpng as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Updates for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be found here: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://libpng.sourceforge.net/Advisory-1.2.26.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29678 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29792 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29957 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29992 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30009 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30174 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30402 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30486 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34152 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35258 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-15.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-10.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.541247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0151 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/44364 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490823/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491424/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28770 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019840 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1225/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41800 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10326 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6275 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00033.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00080.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00111.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00721.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00951.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00960.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1382
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.