CVE - CVE-2009-0749

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0749	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.
References
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BID:33873 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33873 CONFIRM:http://optipng.sourceforge.net CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2582013&group_id=151404&atid=780913 GENTOO:GLSA-200903-12 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-12.xml MLIST:[oss-security] 20090224 CVE request: optipng security release URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/24/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20090225 Re: CVE request: optipng security release URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/4 SECUNIA:34035 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34035 SECUNIA:34201 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34201 SECUNIA:34259 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 SECUNIA:35685 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2009:006 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html SUSE:SUSE-SR:2009:012 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html VUPEN:ADV-2009-0510 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0510~~ (Obsolete source) XF:optipng-gifreadnextextension-code-execution(48879) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48879
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090302	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090302)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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