CVE-2006-5793
The sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof operator on the wrong data type, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed sPLT chunks that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- greg_roelofs:libpng
References
- http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=101400&action=view
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154380
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html