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CVE-2016-10087

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
30/01/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.89c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:0.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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