CVE-2015-0973: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

January 18, 2015 (updated October 20, 2016)

Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0973

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