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CVE-2011-2501 Detail

Description

The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062720.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45046 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45289 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45405 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45415 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45460 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45486 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/45492 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.617466 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=BANLkTikrnU6FJNQYFvwmt78hwpgKPVRd1Q%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/13 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/16 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48474 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717084 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68517 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2501
NVD Published Date:
07/17/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.