| Name | CVE-2006-3334 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "chunk error processing," possibly involving the "chunk_name". |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 377298, 397892 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libpng (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.2.50-2+deb8u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libpng | source | (unstable) | 1.2.8rel-5.2 | unimportant | | 377298, 397892 |
Notes
A static 50 char array consumes 13 machine words on 32bit archs, so the overflow
cannot overwrite other memory sections