CVE-2002-0728 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PNG file exploiting a buffer overflow in libpng's progressive reader.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-0728?
CVE-2002-0728 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0728?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Greg Roelofs Libpng.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0728?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2002-0728 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0728 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hm75-38g4-x8xm.