CVE-2014-9495 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9495?

CVE-2014-9495 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 10 Jan 2015. 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "very wide interlaced" PNG image.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9495?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Libpng Libpng.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9495?

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-2014-9495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9495, GHSA-wpr3-pfv2-chjq, MGASA-2015-0008.