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CVE-2010-1205 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40302 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40336 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40472 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40547 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/61816 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html CVE, MITRE Product  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-41.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40798 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=570451 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608238 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59815 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11851 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
1.2.44
 cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
1.4.0
Up to (excluding)
1.4.3

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
5.0.375.99

Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
10.2
 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
5.0.4
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
2.0
Up to (including)
4.1
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
10.6.0
Up to (excluding)
10.6.4
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
10.6.0
Up to (excluding)
10.6.4

Configuration 4 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 5 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 6 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
2.5
Up to (excluding)
2.5.5
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
3.1
Up to (excluding)
3.1.2
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
6.5.0
Up to (excluding)
6.5.5
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
7.1
Up to (excluding)
7.1.2

Configuration 7 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 8 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 9 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
3.5.11
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
3.5.12
Up to (excluding)
3.6.7
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
2.0.6
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
3.0.6
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
3.0.7
Up to (excluding)
3.1.1

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-1205
NVD Published Date:
06/30/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE