CVE-2015-8126

Publication date 12 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
firefox	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
libpng	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.2.51-0ubuntu3.15.10.1
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 1.2.51-0ubuntu3.15.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.2.46-3ubuntu4.1
openjdk-6	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
openjdk-7	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
openjdk-8	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
thunderbird	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

chriscoulson

upstream firefox doesn't use png_set_PLTE, see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224244#c0

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libpng	Upstream: 475bab6 Upstream: 3939689 Upstream: 216dbf7

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)