CVE-2009-0040 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, in the libpng reference library (versions before 1.0.43 and 1.2.x before 1.2.35). This flaw, affecting products like Apple, Debian, and Fedora, is triggered by a crafted PNG file causing a free of an uninitialized pointer during image processing. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this medium-complexity vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication, resulting in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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