CVE-2015-2158 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.

Published: 2017-10-06

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pngcrush_project:pngcrush:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-2267	Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00406.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2158
https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2158

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pngcrush Project Pngcrush

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-06T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:10:14.433Z

Reserved: 2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2158

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-06T15:29:00.373

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-2158

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2158 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-10-06T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/"}, {"name": "72830", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20150228 Re: CVE request: pngcrush 1.7.83 crash bug (most likely exploitable)", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2015-2158", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/"}, {"name": "72830", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20150228 Re: CVE request: pngcrush 1.7.83 crash bug (most likely exploitable)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1"}, {"name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T05:10:14.433Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/"}, {"name": "72830", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20150228 Re: CVE request: pngcrush 1.7.83 crash bug (most likely exploitable)", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2015-2158", "datePublished": "2017-10-06T15:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T05:10:14.433Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pngcrush_project:pngcrush:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "E224A870-0A9E-41C8-967D-5CC188BD5CEE", "versionEndIncluding": "1.7.83", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Un error por un paso (off-by-one) en la funci\u00f3n pngcrush_measure_idat en pngcrush.c en pngcrush en versiones anteriores a la 1.7.84 permite que atacantes remotos provoquen una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (cierre inesperado de la aplicaci\u00f3n) o que ejecuten c\u00f3digo arbitrario mediante un archivo PNG manipulado."}], "id": "CVE-2015-2158", "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 6.8, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}], "cvssMetricV30": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2017-10-06T15:29:00.373", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-189"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}