High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2690
CVE-2011-2690
Description
Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
21- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5002nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.htmlnvdProductVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/45046nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/45405nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/45415nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/45460nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/45461nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/45492nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/49660nvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.htmlnvdBroken Link
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