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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 22, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-0040

CVE-2009-0040

Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

Affected products

14
  • cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <1.0.43
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <3.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <10.5.8
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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