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USN-2815-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3425)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-11-19 19:01 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source websiteMikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large fields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3425)
Qixue Xiao discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain time values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7981)
It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8126)
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"availability": "No subscription required",
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"aliases": [],
"details": "Mikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large\nfields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause\nlibpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3425)\n\nQixue Xiao discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain time values.\nIf a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a\nspecially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to\ncrash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7981)\n\nIt was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth\nvalues. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause\na denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user\ninvoking the program. (CVE-2015-8126)\n",
"id": "USN-2815-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
"published": "2015-11-19T19:01:30Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2815-1"
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3425"
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"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "libpng vulnerabilities",
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"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3425",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7981",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8126"
]
}