CVE-2006-0481 (GCVE-0-2006-0481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-01-31 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:34
VLAI?
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015617 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0393 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/18654 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015615 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/li… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/18863 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16626 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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