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CVE-2011-2690 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.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/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/45461 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://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Product  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660 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=720607 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2690
NVD Published Date:
07/17/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.