CVE-2013-6954

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: January 12, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
Source: cret@cert.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
Source: cret@cert.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
Source: cret@cert.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
Source: cret@cert.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: cret@cert.org
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c
Source: cret@cert.org
Exploit Patch
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/
Source: cret@cert.org
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142
Source: cret@cert.org
US Government Resource
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
Source: cret@cert.org
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
Source: cret@cert.org
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
Source: cret@cert.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
Source: cret@cert.org
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973
Source: cret@cert.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

50 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.5%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

libpng

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