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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-5907 Detail

Description

The png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.0.42, and 1.2.x before 1.2.34, might allow context-dependent attackers to set the value of an arbitrary memory location to zero via vectors involving creation of crafted PNG files with keywords, related to an implicit cast of the '\0' character constant to a NULL pointer. NOTE: some sources incorrectly report this as a double free vulnerability.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/11/2009)

Red Hat does not consider this bug to be a security issue. For a more detailed explanation, please see the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-5907

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Hyperlink Resource
http://libpng.sourceforge.net/index.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/09/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4B6F0239C13D0245820603C036D180BC79FBAA%40CABOTUKEXCH01.cabot.local&forum_name=png-mng-implement Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051 Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48128 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5907
NVD Published Date:
01/15/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/08/2018
Source:
MITRE