Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-0205
CVE-2010-0205
Description
The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.
Affected products
19cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
35- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38478nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- libpng.sourceforge.net/ADVISORY-1.4.1.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- libpng.sourceforge.net/decompression_bombs.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037237.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037355.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037364.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037607.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/38774nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/39251nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/41574nvdThird Party Advisory
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-913-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2032nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/576029nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0517nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0605nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0626nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0637nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0667nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0682nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0686nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0847nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56661nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing List
- osvdb.org/62670nvdBroken Link
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435nvdBroken Link
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