CVE-2009-2042
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via "out-of-bounds pixels" in the file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2038)
- Published
- June 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2038 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
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- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
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- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
and 199 more…
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35346(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35470
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35524
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35594
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39251
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-01.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.551809
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-913-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2032
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:063
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35233(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1510(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0637
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0682
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0847
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50966
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00218.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00630.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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