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CVE-2004-0597

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2004-11-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 98SeMicrosoft Windows Media PlayerMicrosoft Windows MeGreg Roelofs LibpngMicrosoft Msn MessengerMicrosoft Windows Messenger

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References