85614 : OptiPNG Palette Reduction Unspecified Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
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Disclosure Date
2012-09-16

Description

OptiPNG contains an unspecified use-after-free flaw related to the palette reduction functionality that may allow a context-dependent attacker to execute arbitrary code. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.7.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

OptiPNG	OptiPNG	0.7
		0.7.1
		0.7.2

References

CVE ID: 2012-4432 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 50654
Bugtraq ID: 55566
Vendor URL: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=151404

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-10-01 | Disagree?

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