CVE-2010-1205

critical VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
15.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 30, 2010 (5797 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

CWE

CWE-120

Affected Products

libpng libpnggoogle chromeapple itunesapple safariapple iphone osapple mac os xapple mac os x serverfedoraproject fedoraopensuse opensusesuse linux enterprise server

References

🔗 blackberry.com 🔗 code.google.com 🔗 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com 🔗 libpng.git.sourceforge.net 🔗 lists.apple.com