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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2032-1 New libpng packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0236 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-913-1 libpng vulnerabilities
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http://libpng.sourceforge.net/ADVISORY-1.4.1.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://libpng.sourceforge.net/decompression_bombs.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037237.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037355.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037364.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037607.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/62670 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38774 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39251 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 cve-icon cve-icon
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-913-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2032 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/576029 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:063 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:064 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38478 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023674 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0517 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0605 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0626 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0637 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0667 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0682 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0686 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0847 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56661 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0205 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0205 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:37:54.124Z

Reserved: 2010-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-0205

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-03-03T19:30:00.493

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-0205

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0205 - Bugzilla

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