CVE-2010-0205 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted PNG files exploiting decompression bombs in libpng, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- 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-2010-0205?
CVE-2010-0205 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 3 Mar 2010. 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
The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0205?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libpng Libpng, Opensuse Opensuse and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0205?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2010-0205 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0205 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qjvj-64rf-p4qg.