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CVE-2004-0597

Published: Aug 5, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
82.5%
Top 0.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
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 linters bastion, линтер бастион, linstmgr.exe
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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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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