CVE-2015-8126 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8126?

CVE-2015-8126 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 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

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8126?

It affects 20 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libpng Libpng, Opensuse Leap and 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8126?

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-2015-8126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8126 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 AZL-45078, GHSA-rr6q-q2jh-948f, MGASA-2015-0451, SUSE-SU-2015:2013-1, SUSE-SU-2016:0027-1, SUSE-SU-2016:0041-1 and 3 more.