NVD - CVE-2015-8540

CVE-2015-8540 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 04/14/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/	Patch
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/	Patch
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/	Patch
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/10
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80592
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Numeric Errors (CWE-189)

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Change History

6 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 4/20/2016 2:02:47 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 11507 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplemen
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-189
Changed	Reference Type	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/ No Types Assigned	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/ Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/ No Types Assigned	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/ Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/ No Types Assigned	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/ Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/ No Types Assigned	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/ Patch

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8540
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/03/2017

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CVE-2015-8540 Detail

Description

Impact

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Technical Details

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE - 11/3/2017 9:29:12 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 6/30/2017 9:29:26 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 11/28/2016 2:48:06 PM

CVE Modified by Source - 9/22/2016 9:59:18 PM

Modified Analysis - 4/20/2016 2:02:47 PM

Initial CVE Analysis - 4/18/2016 2:53:38 PM

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