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CVE-2008-6218

HIGH CVSS: 7.1 Published: 2009-02-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

Affected Platforms

Libpng Libpng

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References