CVE-2010-0205
The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.
- EPSS
- 4.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:mac_os_x
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- libpng:libpng
- opensuse:opensuse
- suse:linux_enterprise_server
References
- http://libpng.sourceforge.net/ADVISORY-1.4.1.html
- http://libpng.sourceforge.net/decompression_bombs.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037355.html