Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2013-6954
CVE-2013-6954
Description
The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.6.8
- (no CPE)range: <1.6.8
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/java-1_7_0-openjdk&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libpng16&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.7.0.121-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0.121-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.26-1.1
Patches
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References
25- sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/nvdPatch
- sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968cnvdExploitPatch
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142nvdUS Government Resource
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/58974nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/59058nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlnvd
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
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