Bug 1177327 (CVE-2015-0973) - CVE-2015-0973 libpng: Heap-buffer overflow png_combine_row() with very wide interlaced images
Summary: CVE-2015-0973 libpng: Heap-buffer overflow png_combine_row() with very wide i...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2015-0973
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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: CVE-2014-9495 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 1176755 1179187
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Reported: 2014-12-26 06:53 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2021-02-17 05:52 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-12-26 07:05:56 UTC
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-12-26 06:53:47 UTC
A heap-based overflow was found in the png_combine_row() function of the libpng library, when very large interlaced images were used. This flaw was fixed in libpng-1.5.21 and 1.6.16.

Upstream patch:

http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/dc294204b641373bc6eb603075a8b98f51a75dd8/

External Reference:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1133

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-12-26 07:04:24 UTC
When a very large interlaced PNG image in created, such that its width or height exceeds the maximum value allowed for png_uint_32 data type (which is same as uint_32), it results in an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row() function.

The version of libpng as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, however imposes a limit on the maximum width and height of PNG image, which can be processed by the library.

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 via pngconf.h:

#  define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 1000000L
#  define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 1000000L

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 via pngusr.dfa as:

"option SAFE_LIMITS on" 

which in turn leads to:

#ifdef PNG_SAFE_LIMITS_SUPPORTED
   /* 'safe' limits */
#  ifndef PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX
#     define PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX 1000000
#  endif
#  ifndef PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX
#     define PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX 1000000
#  endif
#  ifndef PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX
#     define PNG_USER_CHUNK_CACHE_MAX 128
#  endif
#  ifndef PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX
#     define PNG_USER_CHUNK_MALLOC_MAX 8000000
#  endif

in pngpriv.h

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-12-26 07:05:10 UTC
Statement:

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of libpng as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. For a more detailed explanation please refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177327#c1

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-12-26 07:05:56 UTC
This issue does not affect the version of libpng as shipped with Fedora 20 and 21.

Comment 4 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-01-07 04:40:27 UTC
*** Bug 1179186 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-03-09 08:19:21 UTC
libpng10-1.0.63-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2015-03-09 08:28:27 UTC
libpng10-1.0.63-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-03-09 08:37:23 UTC
libpng10-1.0.63-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-03-15 00:59:37 UTC
libpng10-1.0.63-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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