Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2004-0421 First vendor Publication 2004-08-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-09

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0421

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11710
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11710
Title: The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.
Description: The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0421
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:971
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:971
Title: libpng Malformed PNG Image Vulnerability
Description: The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0421
 Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 17
Application 2
Application 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-09-10 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2011-210-01 libpng
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2011_210_01.nasl
2012-07-09 Name : RedHat Update for libpng RHSA-2011:1105-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1105-01_libpng.nasl
2012-04-11 Name : Fedora Update for libpng10 FEDORA-2012-5079
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_5079_libpng10_fc15.nasl
2012-04-02 Name : Fedora Update for libpng10 FEDORA-2012-3536
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_3536_libpng10_fc15.nasl
2012-03-07 Name : Fedora Update for libpng10 FEDORA-2012-2008
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_2008_libpng10_fc15.nasl
2011-10-21 Name : Mandriva Update for libpng MDVSA-2011:151 (libpng)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_151.nasl
2011-08-02 Name : Fedora Update for libpng FEDORA-2011-9336
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_9336_libpng_fc14.nasl
2011-07-27 Name : Fedora Update for libpng10 FEDORA-2011-8844
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_8844_libpng10_fc15.nasl
2011-07-27 Name : Fedora Update for libpng10 FEDORA-2011-8867
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_8867_libpng10_fc14.nasl
2011-07-22 Name : Fedora Update for libpng FEDORA-2011-9343
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_9343_libpng_fc15.nasl
2011-07-18 Name : Fedora Update for mingw32-libpng FEDORA-2011-8868
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_8868_mingw32-libpng_fc14.nasl
2011-07-18 Name : Fedora Update for mingw32-libpng FEDORA-2011-8874
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_8874_mingw32-libpng_fc15.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200405-06 (libpng)
File : nvt/glsa_200405_06.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: linux-png
File : nvt/freebsd_linux-png.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 498-1 (libpng, libpng3)
File : nvt/deb_498_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-124-04 libpng update
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2004_124_04.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
73493 libpng pngerror.c png_format_buffer() Off-by-one PNG Image Handling Remote DoS
5726 libpng Malformed PNG Image Error Handling DoS

libpng contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when the library process a malformed PNG image and attempts to use memory it has not allocated for an error message. The application using the libpng library will crash resulting in loss of availability.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-18 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-151.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-9336.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-29 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-25 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-8844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-25 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-8867.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-19 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-9343.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-8868.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-8874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_3a408f6f9c5211d893660020ed76ef5a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-213.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2004-124-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-498.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-08-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200405-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-08-10 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes a security issue.
File : macosx_SecUpd20040809.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-040.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-23 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2004-106.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-23 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2004-105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote host is using an unsupported version of Mac OS X.
File : macosx_version.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-180.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10244
BUGTRAQ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108334922320309&w=2
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-498
FEDORA http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451350029261&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451353608968&w=2
MANDRAKE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:040
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:212
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:213
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-180.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-181.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/22957
http://secunia.com/advisories/22958
TRUSTIX http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108335030208523&w=2
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16022

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