| Name | CVE-2009-0040 |
| Description | The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1750-1, DSA-1830-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 516256, 535124 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| icedove | source | lenny | 2.0.0.22-0lenny1 | DSA-1830-1 | ||
| icedove | source | squeeze | 2.0.0.22-0lenny1 | |||
| icedove | source | (unstable) | 2.0.0.22-1 | 535124 | ||
| libpng | source | etch | 1.2.15~beta5-1+etch2 | DSA-1750-1 | ||
| libpng | source | lenny | 1.2.27-2+lenny2 | DSA-1750-1 | ||
| libpng | source | (unstable) | 1.2.35-1 | 516256 |