CVE-2010-1205
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 43.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-120
- EPSS score
- 43.4% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1235)
- Published
- June 30, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1235 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / itunes
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / safari
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- google / chrome
- libpng / libpng
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / thunderbird
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- vmware / player
- vmware / workstation
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived
References
- http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244(Broken Link)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40302(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40336(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40472(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40547(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41574(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42317(Broken Link)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Broken Link)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566(Broken Link)
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/61816(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html(Product, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133(Broken Link)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-41.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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