CVE-2011-3464

critical

Description

Off-by-one error in the png_formatted_warning function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.5.4 through 1.5.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

References

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/49660

http://secunia.com/advisories/47827

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-22

Updated: 2012-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical