CVE-2004-0597

Published: Aug 5, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

10.0CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

msn messengerOn-premDesktop App

Communications / messaging-chat

windows media playerOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / media-player

windows messengerOn-prem

Operating Systems / windows

windows 98seOn-premOS

Operating Systems / windows

windows meOn-premOS

Operating Systems / windows

ЗАО «НПП «РЕЛЭКС»

commercial·RUaka линтер бастион, linstmgr.exe, linters bastion

Линтер БастионOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

greg roelofs

individual-dev

libpngLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

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References

http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0040/

trustix.net

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200663-1

sunsolve.sun.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2274

oval.cisecurity.org

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