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CVE-2010-1205

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 43.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: from 2.0 through 4.1
• Apple iTunes for Windows: before 10.2 — fixed in 10.2
• macOS: from 10.6.0 before 10.6.4 — fixed in 10.6.4
• Apple Mac Os X Server: from 10.6.0 before 10.6.4 — fixed in 10.6.4
• Apple Safari: before 5.0.4 — fixed in 5.0.4
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04
• Debian Linux: 5.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 12, 13
• Google Chrome: before 5.0.375.99 — fixed in 5.0.375.99
• pnggroup libpng: before 1.2.44; from 1.4.0 before 1.4.3 — fixed in 1.2.44, 1.4.3
• Mozilla Firefox: before 3.5.11; from 3.5.12 before 3.6.7 — fixed in 3.5.11, 3.6.7
• Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.0.6 — fixed in 2.0.6
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 3.0.6; from 3.0.7 before 3.1.1 — fixed in 3.0.6, 3.1.1
• Opensuse: 11.1, 11.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 9, 10-sp3, 11, 11-sp1
• VMware Player: from 2.5 before 2.5.5; from 3.1 before 3.1.2 — fixed in 2.5.5, 3.1.2
• VMware Workstation: from 6.5.0 before 6.5.5; from 7.1 before 7.1.2 — fixed in 6.5.5, 7.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iTunes for Windows 10.2; macOS 10.6.4; Apple Mac Os X Server 10.6.4; Apple Safari 5.0.4; Google Chrome 5.0.375.99; pnggroup libpng 1.2.44, 1.4.3; Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11, 3.6.7; Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.6; Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6, 3.1.1; VMware Player 2.5.5, 3.1.2; VMware Workstation 6.5.5, 7.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html
• http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html

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