CVE-2011-3045
Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3013)
- Published
- March 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3013 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on June 9, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- google / chrome
- libpng / libpng
- opensuse / opensuse
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server eus
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- redhat / gluster storage
- redhat / storage
- redhat / storage for public cloud
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=116162(Vendor Advisory)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a8c319a2b281af68f7ca0e2f9a28ca57b44ceb2b
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075424.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075619.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075981.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075987.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076461.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076731.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00051.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0407.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48320(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48485(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48512(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48554(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660(Not Applicable)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=125311(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2439(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:033(Not Applicable)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026823(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799000(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14763(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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