CVE-2006-7244

Published: August 31, 2011Last modified: November 10, 2023

Description

Memory leak in pngwutil.c in libpng 1.2.13beta1, and other versions before 1.2.15beta3, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative embedded profile length.

Status

References

• http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/159216?id=159216