CVE-2015-0973 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0973?

CVE-2015-0973 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 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

Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0973?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Libpng Libpng, Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0973?

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-2015-0973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0973, GHSA-5gg5-9r5r-wpgh.