CVE-2008-1382
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1389)
- Published
- April 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1389 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
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- libpng / libpng
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- libpng / libpng
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- libpng / libpng
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and 260 more…
References
- http://libpng.sourceforge.net/Advisory-1.2.26.txt
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29678
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29792(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29957
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29992
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30009
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30402
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34152
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-15.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-10.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.541247
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0151
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:156
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-003.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/44364
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490823/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491424/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28770
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019840
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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