CVE-2007-2445 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the png_handle_tRNS function of libpng versions prior to 1.0.25 and 1.2.17, affecting products like Linux and the png_reference_library. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an application crash by providing a specially crafted grayscale PNG image with an invalid tRNS chunk CRC value. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:png_reference_library:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:png_reference_library:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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