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CVE-2011-0408 Details

Description

pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Metrics

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)
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt	CVE
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt	CVE
http://osvdb.org/70417	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42863	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024955	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080	CVE	Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt	[email protected]
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/70417	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42863	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024955	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libpng libpng	1.5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 19, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]