CVE-2009-2042

libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include…

published June 12, 2009

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include uninitialized bits in certain rows of a PNG file and might allow remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory via "out-of-bounds pixels" in the file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02278 · 83.0th percentile
Published
2009-06-12T20:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 20:07Z
    libpng before 1.2.37 does not properly parse 1-bit interlaced images with width values that are not divisible by 8, which causes libpng to include…
    cvelistv5