Title : Cairo "read_png()" PNG Image Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4045 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5503
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-30
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Cairo, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an integer overflow error in the "read_png()" [cairo-png.c] function when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted PNG image.
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