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CVE-2007-5266 Details

Description

Off-by-one error in ICC profile chunk handling in the png_set_iCCP function in pngset.c in libpng before 1.0.29 beta1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.21 beta1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image that prevents a name field from being NULL terminated.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27284	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27529	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27629	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27746	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814	CVE	Broken Link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=5122753600C3E94F87FBDFFCC090D1FF0400EA68%40MERCMBX07.na.sas.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0709140846k24e9a040r81623783b6b1c00f%40mail.gmail.com	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1	CVE	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1	CVE	Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25957	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195261	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27284	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27529	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27629	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27746	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=5122753600C3E94F87FBDFFCC090D1FF0400EA68%40MERCMBX07.na.sas.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0709140846k24e9a040r81623783b6b1c00f%40mail.gmail.com	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:217	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25957	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 66 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libpng libpng	<= 1.0.28 >= 1.2.0, <= 1.2.20
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 26, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]