CVE-2006-7244 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in libpng allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted JPEG image with a negative profile length.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-7244?
CVE-2006-7244 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libpng Libpng, published on 31 Aug 2011. 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
Memory leak in pngwutil.c in libpng 1.2.13beta1, and other versions before 1.2.15beta3, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative embedded profile length.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7244?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libpng Libpng.
How do I fix CVE-2006-7244?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-7244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-7244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-7244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-v548-29gf-8prw.