CVE-2004-0597

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 81.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

Affected products

Greg Roelofs Libpng: through 1.2.5
Microsoft Msn Messenger: 6.1, 6.2
Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 9
Microsoft Windows Messenger: 5.0

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000856
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109163866717909&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109181639602978&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761239318458&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796779903455&w=2
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-001.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/22957
http://secunia.com/advisories/22958
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200663-1

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