VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-5793
CVSS score2.6 LOW
EPSS probability1.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-11-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof operator on the wrong data type, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed sPLT chunks that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory