CVE-2010-0205 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libpng library (versions 1.0.x, 1.2.x, and 1.4.x) affecting products like Apple, Canonical, Debian, and Fedora. This flaw, a "decompression bomb," allows remote attackers to consume excessive memory and CPU, causing application hangs, by crafting a PNG file with disproportionately large uncompressed ancillary-chunk data. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.0, < 1.0.53CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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