7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): HIGH
- Privileges required (PR): NONE
- User interaction (UI): REQUIRED
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
- Integrity impact (I): HIGH
- Availability impact (A): HIGH
LIBPNG has use-after-free via pointer aliasing in `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE`
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.2.1 through 1.6.55, `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE` each alias a heap-allocated buffer between `png_struct` and `png_info`, sharing a single allocation across two structs with independent lifetimes. The `trans_alpha` aliasing has been present since at least libpng 1.0, and the `palette` aliasing since at least 1.2.1. Both affect all prior release lines `png_set_tRNS` sets `png_ptr->trans_alpha = info_ptr->trans_alpha` (256-byte buffer) and `png_set_PLTE` sets `info_ptr->palette = png_ptr->palette` (768-byte buffer). In both cases, calling `png_free_data` (with `PNG_FREE_TRNS` or `PNG_FREE_PLTE`) frees the buffer through `info_ptr` while the corresponding `png_ptr` pointer remains dangling. Subsequent row-transform functions dereference and, in some code paths, write to the freed memory. A second call to `png_set_tRNS` or `png_set_PLTE` has the same effect, because both functions call `png_free_data` internally before reallocating the `info_ptr` buffer. Version 1.6.56 fixes the issue.
References
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https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-m4pc-p4q3-4c7j x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/824 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
- ==>= 1.2.1, < 1.6.56
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.libpng
Official reference implementation for the PNG file format with animation patch
pkgs.libpng12
Official reference implementation for the PNG file format
pkgs.perlPackages.ImagePNGLibpng
Perl interface to libpng
pkgs.perl5Packages.ImagePNGLibpng
Perl interface to libpng
pkgs.perl538Packages.ImagePNGLibpng
Perl interface to libpng
pkgs.perl540Packages.ImagePNGLibpng
Perl interface to libpng
pkgs.tests.pkg-config.defaultPkgConfigPackages.libpng
Test whether libpng-apng-1.6.46 exposes pkg-config modules libpng
Package maintainers
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@vcunat Vladimír Čunát <v@cunat.cz>