CVE-2015-7981 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-7981?

CVE-2015-7981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Nov 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

The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.64, 1.2.x before 1.2.54, and 1.4.x before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7981?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libpng Libpng, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7981?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-7981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-41980, GHSA-fr3h-2jww-582m, MGASA-2015-0417, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7981.