Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2012-207 |
Date Published: | 14 May 2012 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Friday 22 November, 2024 |
Source: | CVE-2011-3026 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | PNG Development Group libpng 1.2 series prior to 1.2.47 PNG Development Group libpng 1.5 series prior to 1.5.9 |
Vulnerability Description | An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in libpng, an open source implementation of the PNG specification. |
Vulnerability Details | The vulnerability is due to a heap allocation in the function png_decompress_chunk(). Remote attackers could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted PNG file to the vulnerable service. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the affected service. |
This protection will detect and block specially crafted PNG files.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: libpng png_decompress_chunk Integer Overflow