Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0481
CVE-2006-0481
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.
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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- secunia.com/advisories/18654nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18863nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatch
- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatch
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0205.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16626nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/33137nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0393nvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.8-README.txtnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xmlnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24396nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10780nvd
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